Scheduling a production–distribution system to optimize the tradeoff between delivery tardiness and distribution cost

We consider a make‐to‐order production–distribution system with one supplier and one or more customers. A set of orders with due dates needs to be processed by the supplier and delivered to the customers upon completion. The supplier can process one order at a time without preemption. Each customer is at a distinct location and only orders from the same customer can be batched together for delivery. Each delivery shipment has a capacity limit and incurs a distribution cost. The problem is to find a joint schedule of order processing at the supplier and order delivery from the supplier to the customers that optimizes an objective function involving the maximum delivery tardiness and the total distribution cost. We first study the solvability of various cases of the problem by either providing an efficient algorithm or proving the intractability of the problem. We then develop a fast heuristic for the general problem. We show that the heuristic is asymptotically optimal as the number of orders goes to infinity. We also evaluate the performance of the heuristic computationally by using lower bounds obtained by a column generation approach. Our results indicate that the heuristic is capable of generating near optimal solutions quickly. Finally, we study the value of production–distribution integration by comparing our integrated approach with two sequential approaches where scheduling decisions for order processing are made first, followed by order delivery decisions, with no or only partial integration of the two decisions. We show that in many cases, the integrated approach performs significantly better than the sequential approaches. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2005     

A model to predict the residual life of aircraft engines based upon oil analysis data

This paper reports on a study using the available oil monitoring information, such as the data obtained using the Spectrometric Oil Analysis Programme (SOAP), to predict the residual life of a set of aircraft engines. The relationship between oil monitoring information and the residual life is established using the concept of the proportional residual, which states that the predicted residual life may be proportional to the wear increment measured by the oil analysis programmes. Assuming such a relationship between wear and the residual life exists, we formulated a recursive prediction model for the item's residual life given measured oil monitoring information to date. A set of censored life data of 30 aircraft engines (right censored due to preventive overhaul) along with the history of their monitored metal concentration information are available to us. The metal concentration information includes many variables, such as Fe, Cu, Al, etc.; not all of them are useful, and some of them may be correlated. The principal component analysis (PCA) has been adopted to reduce the dimension of the original data set and to produce a new set of uncorrelated variables, which we shall use in the prediction model. The procedure associated with estimating model parameters is discussed. The model is fitted to the actual SOAP data from the aircraft engines, and the goodness‐of‐fit test has been carried out. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2005.     

一类非线性动力系统的时滞反馈分叉控制

对时滞控制作用下的参数激励van der Pol-Duffing方程进行了研究,着重研究了时滞参数对该类参数激励系统的1/2亚谐共振-主参数共振分叉响应控制。首先采用摄动法从理论上推导出时滞动力系统的分叉响应方程,再采用数值模拟的方法研究了时滞参数对系统分叉响应的影响。研究结果表明,适当选取时滞参数,不仅可以改变分叉响应曲线的拓扑形态,还可以平移分叉响应曲线,即使其分叉提前或滞后,还能同时满足这两种要求。     

临近空间飞行器等离子体鞘套的太赫兹波穿透特性

临近空间高超声速飞行器再入过程中会产生等离子体鞘套,干扰电磁波对飞行器的探测.针对这一问题,对典型临近空间飞行器模型进行建模,模拟其再入过程中不同飞行工况下的流场分布.基于流场分布对等离子体参数分布进行建模,利用散射矩阵方法从理论上对太赫兹波在等离子体鞘套中的传输特性进行计算.计算结果表明高频太赫兹波能够有效穿透等离子...     

小波变换在过零调制信号检测中的应用研究

将小波分析理论应用于配电网络过零调制信号的检测中,解决了在强噪声、低信噪比的配电网络中通信误码率高的难题,提高了系统的信噪比。给出了小波变换Mallat算法的分解和重构公式。信号仿真表明,应用该方法可以很好地从复杂环境下提取有用信号的特征。     

面阵CCD用于光场能量探测的研究

面阵CCD在光场能量探测领域具有较大的应用前景。讨论了影响CCD探测精度的特性参数,包括平均暗电流、光电响应非均匀性和非线性,设计了特性参数测试系统,给出的实验结果对CCD用于光能探测具有借鉴意义。     

汽车维修的环境影响和绿色维修

资产维修是社会持续发展的重要技术途径,同时,维修又要消耗资源产生废弃物,对环境造成危害。汽车维修是最庞大的维修行业。以某运输团军用汽车年维修产生的废弃物的统计分析为基础,论述了推行绿色维修的重要性和紧迫性,并针对目前的维修废弃物处理方式及其危害性,从管理及回收处置方面提出了相应的改进意见。     

履带车辆动力性计算的数学模型

以发动机动力特性计算式为基础,推导出履带车辆动力性参数计算的数学模型,为今后履带车辆设计,以及动力性能的工程计算分析提供了数学方法,并通过计算机编程对某型车辆进行了计算,结果表明该方法具有较高的准确度和工程实用性。     

军队干部交流分配模型研究

针对军队干部交流分配常常采用定性方法的现状,结合每年都要交流大量干部的实际情况,在可行、合理交流的基础上,综合利用Delphi法、系统分解与协调法建立了干部交流分配模型,从而实现了干部在各种类别之间的交流,为军队干部的交流分配提供了定量依据.     

关于军事技术创新主体的思考

介绍了主体概念并对军事技术创新主体的概念进行了探讨,分析了军事技术创新主体的2个特征,①战争需求与经济条件约束下的创新:②阶段创新与过程创新的协同性.在此基础上,提出了军事技术创新主体系统是耗散结构系统的论断.