Cash flow optimization in delivery scheduling

The paper examines the inventory routing problem from the perspective of the present value of the cash flow associated with the distribution of a commodity such as propane. We analyze this problem for both deterministic and stochastic customer demands and validate our results on data from a real life distribution operation of propane. The analysis based on the present value of the cash flow indicates that optimization of propane deliveries based on efficiency/cost criteria alone will generate inferior solutions and it would be more advantageous for the company to set deliveries for a large percentage of the customers based on the present value of cash flow. In addition, in the case of stochastic demands, deliveries based on the cash flow consideration will tend to reduce the number of stockouts (i.e. improve both profit and service).     

Single line queue with recurrent repeated demands

We analyze a model queueing system in which customers cannot be in continuous contact with the server, but must call in to request service. If the server is free, the customer enters service immediately, but if the server is occupied, the unsatisfied customer must break contact and reapply for service later. There are two types of customer present who may reapply. First transit customers who arrive from outside according to a Poisson process and if they find the server busy they join a source of unsatisfied customers, called the orbit, who according to an exponential distribution reapply for service till they find the server free and leave the system on completion of service. Secondly there are a number of recurrent customers present who reapply for service according to a different exponential distribution and immediately go back in to the orbit after each completion of service. We assume a general service time distribution and calculate several characterstic quantities of the system for both the constant rate of reapplying for service and for the case when customers are discouraged and reduce their rate of demand as more customers join the orbit.     

目标值不确定的协调多指标决策模型

本文建立了一类目标值不确定的多指标决策的协调模型,并对其解的概念、性质及其求解方法进行了研究,获得了一些新的结论。     

基于无记忆状态观测器的多时滞不确定非线性系统的自适应控制

针对一类多时滞不确定非线性系统,研究了基于无记忆状态观测器的自适应控制问题.时滞状态扰动的上界未知,在控制中通过自适应律估计未知参数,并利用估计值设计了不依赖于时滞的无记忆状态观测器和控制器,基于Lyapunov-Krasovskii函数证明了观测误差渐近收敛到零.最后仿真结果说明了该方法的有效性.     

A principal–agent problem with heterogeneous demand distributions for a carbon capture and storage system

Mechanism design problems optimize contract offerings from a principal to different types of agents who have private information about their demands for a product or a service. We study the implications of uncertainty in agents’ demands on the principal’s contracts. Specifically, we consider the setting where agents’ demands follow heterogeneous distributions and the principal offers a menu of contracts stipulating quantities and transfer payments for each demand distribution. We present analytical solutions for the special case when there are two distributions each taking two discrete values, as well as a method for deriving analytical solutions from numerical solutions. We describe one application of the model in carbon capture and storage systems to demonstrate various types of optimal solutions and to obtain managerial insights.     

基于理想点-矢量投影法的创新需求权重确定方法

现有的创新需求权重计算方法大多只考虑顾客、技术人员和决策者三者中的一方或者两方对创新需求权重的影响,鲜有方法将三方同时纳入需求权重计算过程,这很容易造成因信息考虑不全面,造成需求权重的精确度不高或失准等问题。鉴于此,本文提出一种基于理想点-矢量投影法的创新需求权重确定方法,它将顾客、技术人员和决策者三方的诉求在三维矢量空间中进行集成。分别计算创新需求的需求类别因子、需求技术成熟度和需求偏好度,采用理想点-矢量投影法得到理想需求矢量,并在此基础上计算每项创新需求权重值。文章最后通过汽车方向盘的研发的案例,验证了所提方法的有效性和可行性。     

不确定偏好序下的双边匹配博弈

针对带有不确定偏好序的双边匹配问题,现有方法大都仅注重整体收益之和,忽略了参与人的个体收益以及在交互选择中的策略运用.基于最大满意度准则,给出不确定序下的收益（满意度）矩阵的推导过程;然后,从个体理性视角,结合矩阵博弈的思想构建一种兼顾整体和个体收益的博弈匹配优化模型,并证明模型最优解满足纳什均衡.最后,进一步探讨各种策略选择及其优劣分析.     

混沌状态下永磁同步发电机的故障诊断——LMI法研究

本文以永磁同步风力发电机为研究对象, 在两相同步旋转坐标系下建立了永磁同步发电机的数学模型. 应用时间尺度和线性仿射变换建立了系统混沌模型, 验证了系统在某些参数和工作条件下会出现混沌运动. 随后在考虑系统不确定性的情况下设计了故障观测器, 在系统发生故障时, 通过所设计的故障观测器能对混沌状态下永磁同步发电机的故障做出准确估计. 仿真结果表明基于线性矩阵不等式方法的故障观测器能够对系统故障做出快速准确的诊断. 关键词： 永磁同步发电机 混沌 非线性不确定系统 故障诊断     

A new control method and its robustness for a class of nonlinear systems

For a class of time-varying nonlinear systems described by the equation , the precalculating control is not available if the input matrixg(x,t) is not invertible. With Lyapunov's second method, a stabilizing controller which makes the system practically stable is constructed in this paper. It is shown that the implementation of this scheme depends on some so-called posi-invertibility conditions forg(x,t). In case the system is partly stable, the method, named part-calculating control, can simplify the on-line computations. Without the assumption that the nominal system is asymptotically stable, the method is applied to the problems of control for the corresponding uncertain system that satisfies the matching condition. When the matching condition is not satisfied, the mismatching control problem is also studied with Lyapunov's second method.This work was supported by the Science Fund of the Chinese Academy of Science.