Factorizations of tropical and sign polynomials

In this text, we study factorizations of polynomials over the tropical hyperfield and the sign hyperfield, which we call tropical polynomials and sign polynomials, respectively. We classify all irreducible polynomials in either case. We show that tropical polynomials factor uniquely into irreducible factors, but that unique factorization fails for sign polynomials. We describe division algorithms for tropical and sign polynomials by linear terms that correspond to roots of the polynomials.     

Two problems in the 筭數書 Suanshu shu (Book of Mathematics): Geometric relations between circles and squares and methods for determining their mutual relations

Much research has been devoted to two problems, Yi yuancai fang (From a circular timber [find] a square) and Yi fangcai yuan (From a square timber [find] a circle), both of which appear in the Suanshu shu, an early Han dynasty mathematical work written on bamboo slips, excavated from tomb 247 at Zhangjiashan in Hubei Province, China. In this article, the geometric relations between circles and squares and the methods for determining their mutual relations in these two problems are interpreted in a different way, and an alternative approach is offered for reconciling these two problems.     

Novice facilitators’ changes in practices: From launching to managing discussions about mathematics teaching

Novice facilitators of professional development (PD) programs for mathematics teachers often face challenges in leading productive discussions and achieving the goals of these programs. Although research in this area is gradually accumulating, not much is known about how novice facilitators address these challenges and change their practices accordingly. This paper presents case studies of two novice facilitators of PD programs in two different countries. The analyses look at their work over one year, to illustrate the changes in their practices while managing discussions. The results show that although the facilitators operated in different contexts, their practices and their processes of change resembled, suggesting that these processes are not idiosyncratic. We argue that novice facilitators’ changes in practices correspond to changes in their resources, orientations, goals, and identities and that PD program teams can support these changes.     

授权再制造视角下再制造设计对制造再制造影响研究

为分析授权再制造下, 再制造设计对制造/再制造影响, 构建了再制造设计不同承担模式下原始制造商与再制造商博弈模型, 对比分析再制造设计费用不同承担模式下, 再制造设计对最优纳什均衡解影响。研究主要得到:授权再制造不仅可以改变原始制造商市场竞争不利地位, 还可以增加其收益; 在授权再制造下, 只有再制造设计带给两种单位产品收益之比较大时, 两者才愿意承担再制造设计费用; 虽然再制造设计可以减少两种产品单位零售价格, 但是再制造设计不一定总是增加消费者剩余。     

基于期权契约的应急药品储备模型研究

突发灾害发生后,应急药品需求数量呈现爆发式增长,充足的应急药品对减少和控制人员伤亡、保障救灾效果及减少经济损失具有重要作用。由于应急药品的需求特性和自然属性,我国现行的应急药品储备模式很容易造成应急药品短缺或过期,也无法保证政府与医药企业长久的合作关系,因此如何科学合理地储备应急药品成为政府亟待解决的关键难题。为此,本文引入期权契约到政府与医药企业组成的两级供应链系统,构建了期权契约机制下应急药品储备模型,得出政企最优决策策略及双方成本收益,给出了实现供应链协调与政企双赢的条件。研究表明,应急药品储备模型提高了应急药品储备水平,降低了政府库存风险,有利于保障供应商合理收益及控制政府成本,为政企建立长久的合作关系提供了依据,为应急药品储备提供了可行的操作策略。     

基于SD-VF理论的城市限行政策效应研究

随着我国城市化进程不断加快,城市交通供需矛盾日益突出,交通拥堵问题愈发严重,我国各地纷纷实行各种政策措施来缓解交通拥堵。本文以北京市为例,针对城市交通拥堵的现象,从系统的角度出发,运用系统动力学与灰色Verhulst预测相结合的方法(SD-VF),建立城市交通治堵模型,并采用Vensim软件对模型进行动态仿真分析,从经济、社会、环境等方面探究政策措施对城市环境生态承载力、道路生态承载力等的影响。研究结果表明,限行限号政策虽然在一定程度上提高道路生态承载力,但也可能引发“悖论”效应;修路政策并没有根本上解决城市交通拥堵问题,仅仅是把拥堵状况向后推迟;而相对于单一政策,将发展公共交通与限行政策相结合可以有效缓解交通拥堵,改善空气质量,提升环境承载力,是更加科学合理的政策措施。     

基于企业环境自我规制的电器电子产品供应链决策与协调

电器电子产品制造商与零部件供应商环境自我规制是供应链获得竞争优势的重要战略,也是实现WEEE源头污染控制的关键。考虑供应商环境自我规制的溢出效应,构建四种不同环境自我规制模式下电器电子产品供应链成员的决策与协调模型,分析供应链成员决策和利润变化。发现分散决策时,制造商与供应商同时进行环境自我规制模式最优,单方企业环境自我规制模式次之,且企业环境自我规制不改变制造商在供应链上的利润优势。单方企业环境自我规制模式下,规制方的利润增量总是小于无规制方。与无环境自我规制模式相比,制造商环境自我规制模式下,供应商存在“敲竹杠”行为。最后,针对供应商和制造商同时进行环境自我规制模型,设计了制造商收益共享契约,激励制造商和供应商提高其环境自我规制水平,实现各企业利润的Pareto改进。     

产能分享对设备制造商和用户企业的影响研究

本文建立Stackelberg博弈模型比较了传统制造模式与产能分享模式下设备制造商和设备用户企业的利润,发现设备用户企业总是从产能分享模式中受益,但是订单需求增量不同的企业受益大小不同;平台制定的设备租赁价格对设备制造商的利润和设备用户企业的购买决策都将产生影响,对于任意固定价格的设备,平台的制定的最优租赁价格是唯一的,并且平台的最优利润是设备价格的倒U型函数;产能分享业务的出现对设备制造商产生了损益影响,当平台采取最优的定价策略时,价格相对比较高的设备的购买需求增加,设备制造商从产能分享业务中受益,价格相对比较低的设备的购买需求降低,设备制造商在产能分享业务中利益受损。最后通过算例分析对上述结果进行了验证。     

Gaussian BV Functions and Gaussian BV Capacity on Stratified Groups

Let $G$ be a stratified Lie group and let $\{X_1, \cdots, X_{n_1}\}$ be a basis of the first layer of the Lie algebra of $G$. The sub-Laplacian $\Delta_G$ is defined by $$\Delta_G= -\sum^{n_1}_{j=1} X^2_j. $$ The operator defined by $$\Delta_G-\sum^{n_1}_{j=1}\frac{X_jp}{p}X_j$$ is called the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator on $G$, where $p$ is a heat kernel at time 1 on $G$. In this paper, we investigate Gaussian BV functions and Gaussian BV capacities associated with the Ornstein-Uhlenbeck operator on the stratified Lie group.     

Fixed points of smoothing transformation in random environment

At each time n\in \mathbb{N},\mathrm{l}\mathrm{e}\mathrm{t}{\overline{Y}}^{(n)}(\xi )=(y_1^{(n)}(\xi ),y_2^{(n)}(\xi ),\cdots ) be a random sequence of non-negative numbers that are ultimately zero in a random environment\xi \text{=}（{\xi }_n{）}_{n\in \mathbb{N}}. The existence and uniqueness of the nonnegative fixed points of the associated smoothing transformation in random environment are considered. These fixed points are solutions to the distributional equation for a.e.\xi ,Z(\xi )\stackrel{\text{d}}{=}{\sum }_{i\in \mathbb{N}+}{y}_i^{(\mathrm{0})}(\xi )Z_i^{(\mathrm{1})}(\xi ),where ｛Z_i^{(\mathrm{1})}:i\in {\mathbb{N}}_{+}｝ are random variables in random environment which satisfy that for any environment\xi; under P_{\xi }; ｛Z_i^{(\mathrm{1})}:i\in {\mathbb{N}}_{+}｝are independent of each other and {\bar{Y}}^{(\mathrm{0})}(\xi ), and have the same conditional distribution P_{\xi }(Z_i^{(1)}(\xi )\in \cdot )=P_{T\xi }(Z(T\xi )\in \cdot ) where T is the shift operator. This extends the classical results of J. D. Biggins [J. Appl. Probab., 1977, 14: 25-37] to the random environment case. As an application, the martingale convergence of the branching random walk in random environment is given as well.