通用装备机械液压系统综合检测试验平台项目管理研究

根据通用装备机械液压系统综合检测试验平台项目研制的总体任务要求,应用现代项目管理理论和方法,确定了项目研制的生命周期阶段,分析了项目研制各阶段管理工作的主要内容,阐述了项目管理组织原则,建立了项目管理制度,划分了项目工作结构分解层次和具体管理单元,给出了项目进度计划制定的基本方法,提出了项目进度控制和质量管理的具体措施。     

一种面向任务的通用仿真资源集成管理平台的设计与实现

针对当前仿真领域中对仿真资源可重用性的需求,根据实践经验及相关理论知识对仿真资源管理系统的设计与实现进行了研究。提出了一种面向任务的通用仿真资源集成管理平台,该平台用面向任务的视角集成管理资源,以B/S系统结构及Web服务技术保证其通用性,以细粒度的用户验证机制保证其安全性。通过对实际原型系统的测试,与其它同类系统比较,该资源管理平台具有明显优势,能够很好的满足仿真资源管理的需求,并具有较强的通用性。     

美军联合作战战场电磁频谱管理研究

针对当前战场电磁频谱管理热点问题,详细论述了在复杂电磁环境下美军联合作战各级指挥机构中频谱管理机构的职责、频谱管理方法,以及频谱管理方案的制定程序、内容等问题,并归纳总结了美军进行战场电磁频谱管理的经验,为未来联合作战中的战场电磁频谱相关问题提供积极的参考。     

小波变换在雷达视频压缩中的应用

针对工程应用中雷达视频数据量大、难于实时传输的问题,分析了雷达视频数据的信息冗余和信号相关等特点,提出了一种基于小波变换的雷达视频数据压缩算法,并用该算法对实际采集的某型雷达视频数据进行压缩、解压缩处理。结果表明:该算法具有较高的压缩比和较好的信号恢复质量,具有一定的实用价值。     

HLA数据回放及其可通用性问题研究

为了给HLA分布仿真系统提供运行数据的回放能力并解决各种回放策略都必须面对的数据完备、时序准确、运行高效及回放方法的可通用性等问题,对HLA联邦中的数据回放问题进行了研究,分析了HLA仿真中的回放需求以及HLA对回放实现技术的影响,指出回放方法的可通用性实质上是联邦独立性的概念,研究了将回放数据对象化处理的方法,针对成员式数据回放策略、基于对象序列化技术和成员自动生成技术提出了一种可通用的HLA数据回放实现方案,最后介绍了通用HLA数据回放工具的应用情况。     

一种基于EDU模型的新闻视频摘要方法

现有的视频摘要技术缺乏一个统一、可扩充的视频摘要模型。针对该缺陷,提出了实体-描述-效用模型(简称EDU模型),该模型从视频实体出发,经过描述得到效用,并最终根据效用来生成视频摘要,该模型具有可扩展性。对EDU模型进行了详细阐述,并根据该模型,提出了新闻视频故事摘要生成的方法。实验结果表明,该方法具有令人满意的效果。     

基于数据库的MO图层控制机制

MapObjects中对图层的控制方法是预先将图层的控制信息写在程序里,在程序运行时对图层进行约束。这种通过编写程序进行控制的方法不但比较麻烦,而且当图层的控制方式发生变化时,维护困难。提出基于数据库的图层管理和控制机制,先将图层的控制信息放在数据表里,系统运行时动态读取图层的控制信息,实现对图层进行方便、直观地约束。     

A model of supply-chain decisions for resource sharing with an application to ventilator allocation to combat COVID-19

We present a stochastic optimization model for allocating and sharing a critical resource in the case of a pandemic. The demand for different entities peaks at different times, and an initial inventory for a central agency are to be allocated. The entities (states) may share the critical resource with a different state under a risk-averse condition. The model is applied to study the allocation of ventilator inventory in the COVID-19 pandemic by FEMA to different U.S. states. Findings suggest that if less than 60% of the ventilator inventory is available for non-COVID-19 patients, FEMA's stockpile of 20 000 ventilators (as of March 23, 2020) would be nearly adequate to meet the projected needs in slightly above average demand scenarios. However, when more than 75% of the available ventilator inventory must be reserved for non-COVID-19 patients, various degrees of shortfall are expected. In a severe case, where the demand is concentrated in the top-most quartile of the forecast confidence interval and states are not willing to share their stockpile of ventilators, the total shortfall over the planning horizon (until May 31, 2020) is about 232 000 ventilator days, with a peak shortfall of 17 200 ventilators on April 19, 2020. Results are also reported for a worst-case where the demand is at the upper limit of the 95% confidence interval. An important finding of this study is that a central agency (FEMA) can act as a coordinator for sharing critical resources that are in short supply over time to add efficiency in the system. Moreover, through properly managing risk-aversion of different entities (states) additional efficiency can be gained. An additional implication is that ramping up production early in the planning cycle allows to reduce shortfall significantly. An optimal timing of this production ramp-up consideration can be based on a cost-benefit analysis.     

Retailer's rationale to refuse consumer returns in supply chains

While accepting consumer returns has long been proposed as a solution to resolve the consumer valuation uncertainty problem, there are still a sizable portion of retailers who insist on a “no return” policy. In this article, we offer an economic rationale for these seemingly unreasonable strategies in a supply chain context. We demonstrate when and why the retailer may benefit from refusing consumer returns, even though offering consumer returns allows the supply chain to implement the expostmarket segmentation. Granting the retailer the right to refuse consumer returns may sometimes improve supply chain efficiency: it eliminates the manufacturer's attempt to induce inefficient consumer returns and bring the equilibrium back to that in the vertically integrated benchmark. We also find that the refund and the retail price can move in the opposite directions when product reliability varies, and consumer returns have a nontrivial impact on the quality choice. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 62: 686–701, 2015     

Environmental regulation in project‐based industries

We study the environmental regulation of industrial activities that are organized as projects. Applications arise in construction, ship and aircraft building, and film making, among other industries. Relative to manufacturing, environmental regulation is different in project‐based industries, due to the uniqueness and geographical diversity of projects, and a lack of product takeback programs. Because the amount of waste and pollution generated by project companies can be large, regulators need environmental policies to ensure reduction of waste and pollution. We consider a regulator who attempts to maximize social welfare. We model this problem as a bilevel nonlinear program. The upper level regulator specifies waste reduction targets, which the lower level project companies meet using waste stream reduction and remediation of pollution, while attempting to control their project costs. We find that high waste diversion targets lead to outcomes with little pollution, but excessive project costs and only modest waste stream reduction. Projects that have lower task precedence density, or that have pollutants with different environmental impacts, show larger increases in project cost and time resulting from regulation. We describe a subsidy for waste stream reduction that coordinates the system, and we estimate the value of coordination. We also describe a bonus that encourages truthful reporting by project companies, and evaluate the relative cost and effectiveness of the subsidy and the bonus. © 2015 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Naval Research Logistics 62: 228–247, 2015