Optimal production ramp-up in the smartphone manufacturing industry

Motivated by challenges in the smartphone manufacturing industry, we develop a dynamic production ramp-up model that can be applied to economically satisfy nonstationary demand for short-life-cycle products by high-tech companies. Due to shorter life cycles and more rapid evolution of smartphones, production ramp-up has been increasingly critical to the success of a new smartphone. In the production ramp-up, the key challenge is to match the increasing capacity to nonstationary demand. The high-tech smartphone manufacturers are urged to jointly consider the effect of increasing capacity and decreasing demand. We study the production planning problem using a high-dimensional Markov decision process (MDP) model to characterize the production ramp-up. To address the curse of dimensionality, we refine Monte Carlo tree search (MCTS) algorithm and theoretically analyze its convergence and computational complexity. In a real case study, we find that the MDP model achieves revenue improvement by stopping producing the existing product earlier than the benchmark policy. In synthetic instances, we validate that the proposed MCTS algorithm saves computation time without loss of solution quality compared with traditional value iteration algorithm. As part of the Lenovo production solution, our MDP model enables high-tech smartphone manufacturers to better plan the production ramp-up.     

现役船体结构可靠性评估理论研究现状及展望

作为现役船体结构可靠性评估的关键技术,可靠性评估理论直接决定了可靠性评估结果的有效性和置信度。从可靠性评估理论的计算原理、度量指标计算及工程应用等方面阐述了传统可靠性评估理论和非概率可靠性评估理论的发展历程及研究现状,分析、总结了各可靠性评估理论在现役船体结构可靠性中的优势及不足,给出了今后开展相关研究的展望,并指出了现役船体结构可靠性研究的重点。     

地磁匹配算法研究框架和组合匹配策略

以空中无人平台为背景,研究了地磁辅助惯性导航系统。分析了地磁匹配的特点,给出了一维匹配的概念。从特征空间、相似性度量、搜索空间、搜索策略等四个方面对一维匹配进行了分析,建立了一个地磁匹配方法研究的框架。通过简化惯导解算过程,将一维地磁匹配归结为一个带补偿过程的仿射变换,并提出了一种基于等值线约束的组合匹配算法。该算法兼顾了匹配的全局搜索能力和局部定位能力,能在飞行过程中在线进行。在仿真和车载实验中,对算法的匹配精度、速度、适应性进行了分析和验证,检验了算法的有效性和可行性。     

潜艇离散搜索分析

以潜艇离散搜索战术为背景,对离散搜索的定义及优缺点进行了阐述,建立了离散搜索发现概率模型,模型中对单位周期的发现目标期望数和发现概率进行了计算,并对隐蔽与非隐蔽两种离散搜索样式的搜索效果进行了模拟仿真,但计算中没有考虑水声环境的影响和敌方潜艇实施反搜索的情况,最后,结合仿真结果,针对潜艇实际运用确定了高低速航行时间,提出了实施此战术时的几点建议,以期为部队合理使用离散搜索战术提供决策依据。     

基于X射线脉冲星绝对定位中的整周模糊度改进算法研究

基于X射线脉冲星导航定位方法是一种全新的自主导航技术。该文给出了脉冲星绝对定位的基本原理,针对有关文章存在的疑问,提出了脉冲星导航绝对定位中整周模糊度改进算法,并对其进行了深入的分析和理论推导,通过仿真计算脉冲星整周模糊度和航天器的位置,得到了较理想的定位精度。这种新改进的整周模糊度算法为脉冲星绝对定位提供了新的思路。     

综合大学背景下师范教育人才培养模式的研究

综合大学背景下如何使培养的师范类人才保持鲜明的师范特色,又要师范生具有深厚的学术背景,作者在培养目标、培养制度、课程方案、实践环节等方面进行了阐述,并进行了有益的实践。     

Inventory policies for a make‐to‐order system with a perishable component and fixed ordering cost

We consider a make‐to‐order production system where two major components, one nonperishable (referred to as part 1) and one perishable (part 2), are needed to fulfill a customer order. In each period, replenishment decisions for both parts need to be made jointly before demand is realized and a fixed ordering cost is incurred for the nonperishable part. We show that a simple (s_n,S,S) policy is optimal. Under this policy, S along with the number of backorders at the beginning of a period if any and the availability of the nonperishable part (part 1) determines the optimal order quantity of the perishable part (part 2), while (s_n,S) guide when and how much of part 1 to order at each state. Numerical study demonstrates that the benefits of using the joint replenishment policy can be substantial, especially when the unit costs are high and/or the profit margin is low. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2009     

Optimal search for a moving target with the option to wait

We investigate the problem in which an agent has to find an object that moves between two locations according to a discrete Markov process (Pollock, Operat Res 18 (1970) 883–903). At every period, the agent has three options: searching left, searching right, and waiting. We assume that waiting is costless whereas searching is costly. Moreover, when the agent searches the location that contains the object, he finds it with probability 1 (i.e. there is no overlooking). Waiting can be useful because it could induce a more favorable probability distribution over the two locations next period. We find an essentially unique (nearly) optimal strategy, and prove that it is characterized by two thresholds (as conjectured by Weber, J Appl Probab 23 (1986) 708–717). We show, moreover, that it can never be optimal to search the location with the lower probability of containing the object. The latter result is far from obvious and is in clear contrast with the example in Ross (1983) for the model without waiting. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 2009     

基于本体的战场环境信息规范化目录服务研究

目录服务是面向服务架构的战场环境保障系统的重要功能,其根本目的是使分布、海量战场环境信息形成面向任务的数据集,供作战人员使用.为了规范战场环境信息目录服务并实现智能查询功能,将OGC-CSW规范和本体引入战场环境信息目录服务的设计中,建立了战场环境信息目录服务框架,并重点对面向任务的元数据信息模型、任务本体模型以及语义查询机制等关键技术进行了深入研究.最后通过实验对文中方法进行了验证.     

有色Petri网在车辆综电系统总线建模中的应用

针对运用解析法对车辆电子系统进行建模分析困难这一问题,运用CPNs构建综合电子系统模型.提出了系统的建模分析方法,运用CPN_Tools进行建模,得出了某型车辆总线的系统模型.实验结果证明,基于CPNs的车辆综合电子系统总线建模的正确性与可行性.