Revenue maximization in two-station tandem queueing systems

We study optimal pricing for tandem queueing systems with finite buffers. The service provider dynamically quotes prices to incoming price sensitive customers to maximize the long-run average revenue. We present a Markov decision process model for the optimization problem. For systems with two stations, general-sized buffers, and two or more prices, we describe the structure of the optimal dynamic pricing policy and develop tailored policy iteration algorithms to find an optimal pricing policy. For systems with two stations but no intermediate buffer, we characterize conditions under which quoting either a high or a low price to all customers is optimal and provide an easy-to-implement algorithm to solve the problem. Numerical experiments are conducted to compare the developed algorithms with the regular policy iteration algorithm. The work also discusses possible extensions of the obtained results to both three-station systems and two-station systems with price and congestion sensitive customers using numerical analysis.     

A note on “resource flexibility with responsive pricing”

We revisit the capacity investment decision problem studied in the article “Resource Flexibility with Responsive Pricing” by Chod and Rudi [Operations Research 53, (2005) 532–548]. A monopolist firm producing two dependent (substitutable or complementary) products needs to determine the capacity of one flexible resource under demand risk so as to maximize its expected profit. Product demands are linear functions of the prices of both products, and the market potentials are random and correlated. We perform a comparative statics analysis on how demand variability and correlation impact the optimal capacity and the resulting expected profit. In particular, C&R study this problem under the following assumptions/approximations: (i) demand intercepts follow a bivariate Normal distribution; (ii) demand uncertainty is of an additive form; (iii) and under approximate expressions for the optimal capacity and optimal expected profit. We revisit Propositions 2, 3, 4, 5, and 10 of C&R without these assumptions and approximations, and show that these results continue to hold (i) for the exact expressions for the optimal expected profit and optimal capacity, and (ii) under any arbitrary continuous distribution of demand intercepts. However, we also show that the additive demand uncertainty is a critical assumption for the C&R results to hold. In particular, we provide a case of multiplicative uncertainty under which the C&R results (Propositions 2 and 3) fail. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 2010     

基于遗传模拟退火算法的OFDMA系统资源分配

针对多用户OFDMA系统,提出了一种基于遗传模拟退火算法的多用户OFDMA系统资源分配策略。在资源分配时,首先假设总功率在载波间均等分配,随后根据比例速率要求确定每个用户需要的子带数,最后引入遗传模拟退火算法求解联合优化中的子带分配,在保证用户间公平性的前提下最大化系统吞吐量。仿真结果表明,该策略系统容量较大,并且近似满足了不同用户间传输速率比例性要求。     

天基预警系统资源调度方法

对面向导弹预警任务的天基预警系统中的低轨卫星资源调度问题进行了研究.对预警任务的特性进行分析,提出了一种预警任务规划与分解方法以减少任务对资源占用时间的需求;在此基础上建立了该问题的约束满足CSP调度模型;针对该模型变量多、解空间规模庞大的特点以及对求解算法时效性的要求,设计了一种基于局部解空间跳出机制的改进型遗传算法MGA.仿真表明该模型与算法在给定时间内能够得到满意的调度方案.     

动态规划在消防增援调度中的应用

由于各消防中队一般规模较小,对于较大规模的火灾需要多个消防队共同救护,此时若能够实现增援调度的最优化可以提高这些同时出现的火灾被全部扑灭的概率。利用多阶段动态规划对增援调度进行了研究,并分析了具体案例。通过分析得出此方法有助于改善消防资源分配状况,以实现最大程度地减小经济损失。     

高校资源环境类专业开设资源与环境法课程的意义

资源与环境法是高校法学类的核心课程,目前,该课程已经逐渐在资源环境类专业中不同程度的开设。高校资源环境类专业开设资源与环境法课程是非常必要而且很有意义的,（1）文章从开设资源与环境法课程有助于强化学生的环境法制教育;（2）开设资源与环境法课程有助于完善资源环境类专业的学科体系;（3）开设资源与环境法课程有利于大学生参与保护环境的实践活动;（4）开设资源与环境法课程有助于学生了解常识;（5）资源环境法课程的开设有利于丰富教学授课形式等5个方面论证了其意义性。     

支持并行工程的造船分段作业计划系统

针对传统造船模式下,车间作业计划与工艺设计串行工作方式的缺点,基于并行工程的原理,提出了分段作业计划与工艺设计的集成运行模式,为实现造船CAPP系统与PPC系统的集成化和并行化提供了实现的基础。针对集成模式的特点,建立了分段作业计划系统资源优化的数学模型,应用遗传算法解决了针对任意分段装配工艺方案的多资源平衡优化问题,可以得到每项作业最优的开工时间,同时能够给出多种资源的最优分布结果,满足了多工艺方案之间资源利用率的比较。最后,给出了计算实例,计算机模拟结果说明了这一方法的有效性。     

基于网格技术的仿真资源实时调度系统研究与实现

针对仿真资源服务运行中存在的性能瓶颈,以WSR工厂模式为基础,设计并实现了一种基于网格技术的仿真资源实时调度系统。该系统通过设置代理工厂服务,在客户端创建资源实例,实现了对仿真资源服务的实时动态调度和对资源属性的监控。原型实验证明,该系统具有调度时机合理、调度机制对服务方与客户端透明、资源监控机制不影响客户端操作和接口开放等优点。     

Scheduling parallel dedicated machines with the speeding‐up resource

We consider a problem of scheduling jobs on m parallel machines. The machines are dedicated, i.e., for each job the processing machine is known in advance. We mainly concentrate on the model in which at any time there is one unit of an additional resource. Any job may be assigned the resource and this reduces its processing time. A job that is given the resource uses it at each time of its processing. No two jobs are allowed to use the resource simultaneously. The objective is to minimize the makespan. We prove that the two‐machine problem is NP‐hard in the ordinary sense, describe a pseudopolynomial dynamic programming algorithm and convert it into an FPTAS. For the problem with an arbitrary number of machines we present an algorithm with a worst‐case ratio close to 3/2, and close to 3, if a job can be given several units of the resource. For the problem with a fixed number of machines we give a PTAS. Virtually all algorithms rely on a certain variant of the linear knapsack problem (maximization, minimization, multiple‐choice, bicriteria). © 2008 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2008     

被动传感器融合检测系统的优化分布密度

被动传感器由于采用无源探测,而且制造成本低,体积小,在战场环境中将采用并配置大量的被动传感器来检测目标.不论是主动还是被动式传感器,在实际应用中均存在资源优化配置问题.针对被动传感器的具体应用模型,采取了若干合理近似,得到了在"OR"融合检测条件下,基于最大检测概率的被动传感器优化配置密度计算公式.