Forecasting voting behaviour using machine learning – Poland in transition

The aim of the paper is to apply some inductive learning method from examples (which gives explicit decision rules of “if-then” type) to forecast the voting behaviour of individual members of the Polish Parliament. Results obtained are both interesting and promising. This revised version was published online in June 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date.     

在预报更新的环境下具有两种配送方式的供应链模型

本文研究在预报更新环境下具有快、慢两种配送方式和需求预报更新的库存系统，为了得到更多关于费用参数和预报改进对最优定货量以及最优的平均费用的影响，我们考虑两个周期的情形．以动态规划为工具我们得到了系统的最优策略．对于需求预报服从均匀分布情形，本文得到了最优定货量和最优的平均总费用的精确表达式．我们通过一些数值例子来说明库存费用、罚金、需求的预报改进和预报误差对最优定货量和最优的     

Factors affecting the demand for softwood lumber in the united states

This study sets out to examine whether the demand for softwood lumber in the United States is responsive to various market factors including the price of softwood lumber, the price of other building materials, and the level of economic activity (e.g. housing starts). Concern in the analysis is focused on overcoming some of the methodological shortcomings found in previous studies of this issue. The results are conclusive. The quantity of softwood lumber demanded does respond to the various economic factors considered. Moreover, when the structural stability of the estimated relationships is investigated, the results suggest that the demand for softwood lumber regionally in the United States has remained unaltered over the sample period (1950–1985).     

期货价格预测——反向传播神经网络模型

利用神经网络的 BP算法 ,对较难解决的期货价格问题做了一些研究 ,获得了一定的成功 .     

城市交通管理中的出租车规划模型

最佳数量的确定和价格的制定是城市出租车规划中的两个核心问题.对影响出行强度的市区人口和建成区面积分析建立了出行总量预测模型,再通过分析出租车最佳数量与出租车运营里程的关系,得出出租车最佳数量的预测模型.在出租车最佳数量模型的基础上,分析出租车数量的差异和差异产生的原因,给出了出租车定价判断模型,为出租车定价机制的调整指明了方向.最后以长沙市为例进行了实证分析.     

A two-level supply chain with partial backordering and approximated Poisson demand

We consider a two-level supply chain with a number of identical, independent ‘retailers’ at the lower echelon and a single supplier at the upper echelon controlled by continuous review inventory policy (R, Q). Each retailer experiences Poisson demand with constant transportation times. We assume constant lead time for replenishing supplier orders from an external warehouse to the supplier and unsatisfied retailer orders are backordered in the supplier. We assume that the unsatisfied demand is partially backordered in the identical retailers. The partially backordering policy is implemented in the identical retailers using an explicit control parameter ‘b’ which limits the maximum number of backorders allowed to be accumulated during the lead time. We develop an approximate cost function to find optimal reorder points for given batch sizes in all installations, the optimal value of b in the identical retailers and the related accuracy is assessed through simulation.     

供应链系统转变为供需网系统研究

为帮助传统企业顺利转变为供需网企业,提出了供应链系统向供需网系统的转变研究.该研究利用企业节点数据化,通过企业节点的改造及供应链节点与供需网的连接操作达到系统转变的目的.在sc节点数据结构及自身系统功能模块改造的基础上,着重思考了供应链节点连入SDN中的算法思想.通过非线性择优连接方法避免了造成系统易攻击性的枢纽节点的出现.给出了连接算法流程,并以一个示例演示了此连接算法,从中也验证了非线性择优连接的有效性.     

湿有效能量预报暴雨的动力分析

根据7个例子的对比分析表明:湿有效能量对预报暴雨具有较好的指示性,但在某些条件下湿有效能量在有无暴雨发生两者上并无明显差别。对暴雨和无暴雨个例的动力条件分析表明:(1)有暴雨时,在杭州地区为一个相对辐散区(300—900百帕),并伴有较强的上升运动,无暴雨时则为相对辐合区;(2)暴雨时高空有一支强的急流,暴雨区位于高空发散流场和急流中心的入口区右侧。(3)稳定度大小两者也有明显差异。分析结果对业务预报有一定参考价值。     

On the tradeoff between optimal order-base-stock levels and demand lead-times

We investigate the tradeoff between finished-goods inventory and advance demand information for a model of a single-stage make-to-stock supplier who uses an order-base-stock replenishment policy to meet customer orders that arrive a fixed demand lead-time in advance of their due-dates. We show that if the replenishment orders arrive in the order that they are placed, then the tradeoff between the optimal order-base-stock level and the demand lead-time is “exhaustive”, in the sense that the optimal order-base-stock level drops all the way to zero if the demand lead-time is sufficiently long. We then provide a sufficient condition under which this tradeoff is linear. We verify that this condition is satisfied for the case where the supply process is modeled as an M/M/1 queue. We also show that the tradeoff between the optimal order-base-stock level and the demand lead-time is linear for the case where the supply process is modeled as an M/D/1 queue. More specifically, for this case, we show that the optimal order-base-stock level decreases by one unit if the demand lead-time increases by an amount equal to the supplier’s constant processing time. Finally, we show that the tradeoff between the optimal order-base-stock level and the demand lead-time is exhaustive but not linear in the case where the supply process is modeled as an M/D/∞ queue. We illustrate these results with a numerical example.     

开放式基金流动性指标研究

本文主要介绍了开放式投资基金的流动性概念和指标体系设计，并运用指标进行实证检验，分析基金的流动性及其实际意义。