Newsvendor bounds and heuristics for serial supply chains with regular and expedited shipping

We study an infinite‐horizon, N‐stage, serial production/inventory system with two transportation modes between stages: regular shipping and expedited shipping. The optimal inventory policy for this system is a top–down echelon base‐stock policy, which can be computed through minimizing 2N nested convex functions recursively (Lawson and Porteus, Oper Res 48 (2000), 878–893). In this article, we first present some structural properties and comparative statics for the parameters of the optimal inventory policies, we then derive simple, newsvendor‐type lower and upper bounds for the optimal control parameters. These results are used to develop near optimal heuristic solutions for the echelon base‐stock policies. Numerical studies show that the heuristic performs well. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics, 2010     

模糊小波包在漏磁信号处理中的应用

采用小波包去噪方法解决漏磁信号的噪声抑制问题。针对软、硬阈值处理中存在的缺陷,提出了模糊阈值处理方法,应用该方法对采集的漏磁信号进行消噪处理。实验结果表明,与传统小波包的去噪效果相比较,模糊小波包降噪方法不仅较好地剔除信号中的噪声,而且保留了原始信号中的有效成分,是一种可行的方法。     

成本分担定价方式的装备采购博弈研究

承包商的努力程度直接决定了装备的制造成本。为有效激励承包商降低装备制造成本,提高装备采购效益,基于里昂惕夫劳资博弈模型建立了成本分担定价方式的装备采购博弈模型。并在承包商边际效用非线性和定价方式多变量的假设基础上,分别对价格、成本、承包商努力程度和承包商效用之间的关系进行了研究,对原模型进行了拓展,为定价方式中参数的确定提供了量化方法。     

基于博弈论的装备采购定价激励模型

不同的定价方式和定价参数的选择对于承包商会起到不同程度的激励作用。为提高装备采购效益,在承包商追求效用最大化假设的基础上,建立了装备采购完全信息动态博弈模型。对价格、成本、承包商努力程度和承包商效用之间的关系进行了研究,证明了成本分担和固定价格的定价方式能够有效激励承包商提高自身努力水平降低成本,并提出了2种定价方式的参数定量计算方法。     

Fencing the bear? Explaining US foreign policy towards Russian interventions

Despite the burgeoning literature on Russia’s renewed power politics, little attention has been paid to the fact that US reactions towards Russia’s military interventions were all but coherent. The USA has chosen weak measures in Georgia in 2008 (shaming) compared to its assertive response in Ukraine in 2014 (sanctions, hard deterrence). This article assesses the explanatory power of neorealist, liberal and constructivist theories for the variation in US reactions towards Russian interventions in Georgia and Ukraine. Our argument is that the constructivist perspective explains the cases best as it highlights the power and communality of normative assessments. The Ukraine crisis was perceived by the USA as a violation of core international norms, especially the non-use of force and the principle of territorial integrity. Relevant international norm carriers shared this assessment of the conflict. In contrast, the perception of the Georgian war centred on the issue of democracy promotion. While democracy is an important aim of US foreign policy, it does not summon the same normative importance as general principles of international law. Furthermore, the perception of the Georgian war remained contested among Western allies, which decreased the communality of the normative assessment.     

Securitising humanitarian assistance and post-conflict reconstruction in Africa: A critical review of South Africa's new defence policy

The South African Defence Review 2014 is the country's new defence policy. The Review, which is expected to steer South African defence policymaking for the next few decades, discusses in detail the role of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) in peace missions in Africa and proposes the direct involvement of the country's soldiers in both military and civilian tasks, from peacekeeping to humanitarian assistance, post-conflict reconstruction and development. This paper contains a critical review of the Review with regard to South Africa's envisaged contribution to regional and continental peace and stability. It is argued that humanitarian assistance and post-conflict reconstruction should not be securitised and that the SANDF should only be tasked with peacekeeping and the establishment of stability and security in fragile in-conflict and post-conflict settings. The humanitarian work should be left to humanitarian and aid agencies, while reconstruction and development should be left to organisations such as the New Partnership for Africa's Development, continental and international development organisations, and local actors.     

基于恒虚警的多卫星信号快速盲检测算法?

在分析实际盲卫星通信信号的基础上,提出了一种对不重叠多卫星信号数量、中心频率进行实时估计的快速盲检测算法。算法基于恒虚警率准确地估计了噪声的统计特性进而设置了信噪分离的门限,并根据卫星通信信号的实际带宽特性实现了盲信号的检测。仿真结果表明,算法能够在较低的信噪比下实现对多卫星信号的快速准确盲检测,且与其他算法相比,该算法准确率高、通用性强,更能满足实际工程的需要。     

变工况下轴承健康监测的相关向量机与自适应阈值模型方法

工况在旋转机械运行过程中通常是变化的。变化的工况和故障一样,也会引起机械振动特征发生改变,从而引起诊断误差。为此,提出一种用于变工况下轴承健康监测的新方法。该方法使用相关向量机拟合振动特征的统计量随工况参数的变化,得到特征统计量与工况参数之间的连续函数关系;基于不同工况下的特征统计,构建自适应阈值模型。将该方法用于不同转速下的轴承健康监测,结果表明,当转速超过某一个较小的值时,该方法有效。     

Capacity investment decisions under risk aversion

This article studies the optimal capacity investment problem for a risk‐averse decision maker. The capacity can be either purchased or salvaged, whereas both involve a fixed cost and a proportional cost/revenue. We incorporate risk preference and use a consumption model to capture the decision maker's risk sensitivity in a multiperiod capacity investment model. We show that, in each period, capacity and consumption decisions can be separately determined. In addition, we characterize the structure of the optimal capacity strategy. When the parameters are stationary, we present certain conditions under which the optimal capacity strategy could be easily characterized by a static two‐sided (s, S) policy, whereby, the capacity is determined only at the beginning of period one, and held constant during the entire planning horizon. It is purchased up to B when the initial capacity is below b, salvaged down to Σ when it is above σ, and remains constant otherwise. Numerical tests are presented to investigate the impact of demand volatility on the optimal capacity strategy. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 63: 218–235, 2016     

位置信息与替换概率相结合的多核共享Cache管理机制

多核系统中末级Cache是影响整体性能的关键。为了提出一种细粒度、低延迟、低代价的末级共享Cache资源管理机制,将系统性能目标转换为每个内核当前占用Cache资源的替换概率,以决定每个内核能够提供的被替换资源的数量;对某个需要增加Cache资源的内核,从可提供被替换资源的候选内核中选出距离较近且替换概率较高的一个内核,并以Cache块为粒度进行替换,从而实现Cache资源在不同内核间的动态划分。与传统以相联度为粒度的粗粒度替换机制相比,以Cache块为单位的替换机制具有更细的替换粒度,灵活性更高。另外,通过将位置信息和替换概率结合,保证了Cache资源与相应内核在物理布局上的收敛,降低了访问延迟。同时,所提出的方法只需要增加极少的硬件代价。实验结果表明,根据实验场景和对比对象的不同,所提方法与其他已有研究成果相比,可以实现从6.8%到22.7%的性能提升。