Analysis of a production system in a general configuration

We consider a production system comprising multiple stations (or workshops) such as an entry station, a set of work stations, a central station, and an exit station, which are arranged in a general configuration. A worker (or a vehicle tool) is assigned to each station, who sends a part from the station to the destination station according to the required process path of the part. Any part is allowed to visit a work station more than once if its process path requires. We propose a new control strategy with the push policy for instructing each worker to send a part and the kanban mechanism for controlling the work‐in‐process (WIP) in each work station. As all work stations have limited local buffers, the central station is used for storing blocked parts temporarily. Such a production system is modeled as an open queueing network in a general configuration with a Markovian part sending policy and a machine no blocking mechanism. The queueing network is analytically characterized. Some important performance measures are compared with other control strategies. A semi‐open decomposition approach is applied to the queueing network for computing the blocking probabilities when parts arrive at the work stations. An algorithm is developed based on the semi‐open decomposition approach. Numerical experiments show the quality of the solutions obtained by the algorithm as well as a property of a performance measure. © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 48: 128–143, 2001     

论教育现代化的价值取向

教育现代化有两个基本的价值取向 ,即“为了国家的发展”和“为了个体的发展” ,人们只有深刻认识这两种价值取向的实质关系即效率与平等的关系才能使二者的关系处于一种“适度”的状态 ,从而更好地贯彻执行科教兴国的大政方针 ,促进国家的全面发展     

奇型非线性抛物问题的有限元误差估计

引入带权的Sobolev空间 ,讨论了奇型非线性抛物问题的有限元方法 ,在a(u) ,f(u)均满足Lips chitz条件下 ,证明了相应椭圆投影算子Rhu与u之间误差估计式 ,并在一定的假设下 ,给出了奇型非线性抛物问题的广义解u及半离散问题的有限元解uh 误差估计式 .     

网络异构信息的张量分解聚类方法

提出基于张量分解的聚类算法,能够同时处理网络中多类型、多语义关系的异构信息。网络信息体系中的各种异构信息被建模为一个多维张量,异构信息之间丰富的语义关系建模为张量中的元素。提出有效的张量分解方法,将不同类型的信息对象一次性划分到不同的簇中。在人工合成的数据集和真实数据集上的实验结果表明:该聚类方法可以很好地处理网络信息体系中的异构信息聚类问题,并且性能优于现有的聚类方法。     

并联机构的奇异位形分析及冗余驱动控制方法

运用微分几何的方法分析了存在于并联机构中的各种奇异位形。采用冗余驱动方法解决并联机构奇异位形的控制问题。设计并实现了平面二自由度并联实验装置 ,并进行了冗余驱动控制实验     

Balancing a one‐way corridor capacity and safety‐oriented reliability: A stochastic optimization approach for metro train timetabling

In urban rail transit systems of large cities, the headway and following distance of successive trains have been compressed as much as possible to enhance the corridor capacity to satisfy extremely high passenger demand during peak hours. To prevent train collisions and ensure the safety of trains, a safe following distance of trains must be maintained. However, this requirement is subject to a series of complex factors, such as the uncertain train braking performance, train communication delay, and driver reaction time. In this paper, we propose a unified mathematical framework to analyze the safety‐oriented reliability of metro train timetables with different corridor capacities, that is, the train traffic density, and determine the most reliable train timetable for metro lines in an uncertain environment. By employing a space‐time network representation in the formulations, the reliability‐based train timetabling problem is formulated as a nonlinear stochastic programming model, in which we use 0‐1 variables to denote the time‐dependent velocity and position of all involved trains. Several reformulation techniques are developed to obtain an equivalent mixed integer programming model with quadratic constraints (MIQCP) that can be solved to optimality by some commercial solvers. To improve the computational efficiency of the MIQCP model, we develop a dual decomposition solution framework that decomposes the primal problem into several sets of subproblems by dualizing the coupling constraints across different samples. An exact dynamic programming combined with search space reduction strategies is also developed to solve the exact optimal solutions of these subproblems. Two sets of numerical experiments, which involve a relatively small‐scale case and a real‐world instance based on the operation data of the Beijing subway Changping Line are implemented to verify the effectiveness of the proposed approaches.     

Trade credit contract in the presence of retailer investment opportunity

This paper presents a model for designing a trade credit contract between a supplier and a retailer that would coordinate a supply chain in the presence of investment opportunity for the retailer. Specifically, we study a newsvendor model where the supplier offers a trade credit contract to the retailer who, by delaying the payment, can invest the accounts payable amount and earn returns. We find that when the channel partners have symmetric information about the retailer's investment return, a conditionally concessional trade credit (CTC) contract, which includes a wholesale price, an interest‐free period, and a minimum order requirement, can achieve channel coordination. We then extend the model to the information asymmetry setting in which the retailer's investment return is unobservable by the supplier. We show that, although the CTC contract cannot achieve the coordination in this setting, it can effectively improve channel efficiency as well as profitability for individual partners.     

采用张量方法的盲干扰抑制及信源恢复技术

针对多输入多输出系统受到有意干扰情况下的盲干扰抑制和信源恢复问题,提出一种双阵列天线接收机结构,通过差分处理,在不考虑独立性的条件下实现盲干扰抑制。消除干扰后的数据有明显的张量切片特征,将其堆积成三阶张量,并通过基于张量分解的方法不经信道估计直接恢复源信号,相较于传统基于信道估计的信源恢复方法大大降低信道估计误差的影响,提高恢复精度。仿真结果表明,所提方法较传统基于训练序列进行信道估计的方法能以更小的训练开销达到更优的信号恢复性能。     

Technical note: Some structural results on acyclic supply chains

We consider acyclic supply chains under the full backorder assumption and reveal several simple yet unique properties. Most interestingly, we identify conditions for the best dedicated stocking policy to outperform the best shared stocking policy, and for an acyclic supply chain to be decomposable into a simpler network (e.g., tree). We specify ways to decompose them. © 2010 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2010     

儒家生态伦理思想及其当代价值探析

儒家的生态伦理思想以＂天人合一＂为基础,以＂仁爱万物＂的生态价值观为指导,强调要遵循自然规律,提倡＂取物不尽物＂的生态资源节用观。现时代发掘和弘扬儒家的生态伦理思想,对于我们解决当代社会生态危机,优化生态环境,重建人与自然的和谐具有重大意义。