On a multiple credit rating migration model with stochastic interest rate

In this paper, we explore a pricing model for corporate bond accompanied with multiple credit rating migration risk and stochastic interest rate. The bond price volatility strongly depends on potentially multiple credit rating migration and stochastic change of interest rate. A free boundary problem of partial differential equation is presented, which is the equivalent transformation of the pricing model. The existence, uniqueness, and regularity for the free boundary problem are established to guarantee the rationality of the pricing model. Due to the stochastic change of interest rate, the discontinuous coefficient in the free boundary problem depends explicitly on the time variable but is convergent as time tends to infinity. Accordingly, an auxiliary free boundary problem is constructed, whose coefficient is the convergent limit of the coefficient in the original free boundary problem. With some constraint on the risk discount rate satisfied, we prove that a unique traveling wave exists in the auxiliary free boundary problem. The inductive method is adopted to fit the multiplicity of credit rating. Then we show that the solution of the original free boundary problem converges to the traveling wave in the auxiliary free boundary problem. Returning to the pricing model with multiple credit rating migration and stochastic interest rate, we conclude that the bond price profile can be captured by a traveling wave pattern coupling with a guaranteed bond price with face value equal to one at the maturity.     

Lot‐sizing policies for deterioration items under two‐level trade credit with partial trade credit to credit‐risk retailer and limited storage capacity

The main purpose of this article is to investigate the optimal wholesaler's replenishment decisions for deterioration items under two levels of the trade credit policy and two storage facilities in order to reflect the supply chain management situation within the economic order quantity framework. In this study, each of the following assumptions have been made: (1) The own warehouse with limited capacity always is not sufficient to store the order quantity, so that a rented warehouse is needed to store the excess units over the capacity of the own warehouse; (2) The wholesaler always obtains the partial trade credit, which is independent of the order quantity offered by the supplier, but the wholesaler offers the full trade credit to the retailer; (3) The wholesaler must take a loan to pay his or her supplier the partial payment immediately when the order is received and then pay off the loan with the entire revenue. Under these three conditions, the wholesaler can obtain the least costs. Furthermore, this study models the wholesaler's optimal replenishment decisions under the aforementioned conditions in the supply chain management. Two theorems are developed to efficiently determine the optimal replenishment decisions for the wholesaler. Finally, numerical examples are given to illustrate the theorems that are proven in this study, and the sensitivity analysis with respect to the major parameters in this study is performed. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A model for dependent default with hyperbolic attenuation effect and valuation of credit default swap

A hyperbolic function is introduced to reflect the attenuation effect of one firm's default to its partner.If two firms are competitors(copartners),the default inten- sity of one firm will decrease(increase)abruptly when the other firm defaults.As time goes on,the impact will decrease gradually until extinct.In this model,the joint distri- bution and marginal distributions of default times are derived by employing the change of measure,and the fair swap premium of a credit default swap(CDS)can be valued.     

ON THE CHANGES OF MEANING OF “LI” AND “LIXUE” (“FORCE” AND “MECHANICS” IN CHINESE)1)

在古代中国,“力”字和“力学”一词早就出现了。“力”的含义最初是对“人的力量”的直观描述,后来发展到对一般物体的重力的描述,再到对运动状态原因的描述。本文对“力”字含义的变迁进行了辨析。中国现代“力学”是西学东渐的结果,学科名字的确定过程也有不小的 曲折。通过分析确定“力学”为学科名字的过程,揭示了中国古人对“力学”学科理解的变迁。     

基于连续用电量和缴费时间差的客户信用动态评价模型

加大供电量和提高电费回收效率是供电商增加收益的主要途径,并且用电客户的缴费时间差直接影响着电费回收效率。在用电客户信息较少的情况下,仅仅依赖用电客户的用电量信息和缴费时间差信息,采用扩展的“S型”函数对用电量信息和缴费时间差信息进行整合建模,构建了一个能够度量客户持续用电能力和缴纳电费积极性的客户信用动态评价模型。应用构建的模型对赤峰市宁城县实际用电客户进行信用评价,评价结果与领域专家评价结果具有较高的一致性。     

电商生态系统中核心种群间信用机制的动态演化博弈

网购方便快捷,然而电商平台的假货现象、诚信危机、规范缺失等问题则严重困扰整个电商生态系统,譬如拼多多赴美上市后饱受争议,电商平台中的“雷碧、康帅傅、粤利粤、脉劫”等产品长期存在。信用对电子商务至关重要,电商平台的信用监管责任已不容忽视。因此,本文基于博弈论将消费者投诉引入电商平台信用监管机制,构建了信息不对称下以电商平台、商家和消费者为主体的三方演化博弈模型;分析了在电商平台积极监管和消费者投诉双重监管条件下,各主体博弈策略选择与行为演化的影响因素及趋于稳定状态的条件,并进行演化仿真分析和数值模拟。研究表明:商家选择“诚信”策略的种群规模与电商平台的监管概率和消费者选择“投诉”策略的种群规模息息相关;建立商家诚信奖励和失信惩罚机制、信用保证金机制、消费者投诉反馈机制、严厉打击商家私下补贴,降低消费者及公众的参与成本,能够有效推动商家诚信经营。     

The inventory models under conditional trade credit in a supply chain system

In several recent investigations dealing with the economic order quantity with permissible delay in payments, the following assumptions are made:     

The optimal pricing and ordering policy for an integrated inventory model when trade credit linked to order quantity

In traditional inventory models, it is implicitly assumed that the buyer must pay for the purchased items as soon as they have been received. However, in many practical situations, the vendor is willing to provide the buyer with a permissible delay period when the buyer’s order quantity exceeds a given threshold. Therefore, to incorporate the concept of vendor–buyer integration and order-size-dependent trade credit, we present a stylized model to determine the optimal strategy for an integrated vendor–buyer inventory system under the condition of trade credit linked to the order quantity, where the demand rate is considered to be a decreasing function of the retail price. By analyzing the total channel profit function, we developed some useful results to characterize the optimal solution and provide an iterative algorithm to find the retail price, buyer’s order quantity, and the numbers of shipment per production run from the vendor to the buyer. Numerical examples and sensitivity analysis are given to illustrate the theoretical results, and some managerial insights are also obtained.     

The optimal ordering policy of the EOQ model under trade credit depending on the ordering quantity from the DCF approach

This paper discusses the optimum order quantity of the EOQ model that is not only dependent on the inventory policy but also on firm’ credit policy. Here, the conditions of using a discounted cash-flows (DCF) approach and trade credit depending on the quantity ordered are discussed. We consider that if the order quantity is less than at which the delay in payments is permitted, the payment for the item must be made immediately. Otherwise, the fixed trade credit period is permitted.     

Integrating link-based discrete credit charging scheme into discrete network design problem

In this paper, we present an optimization model for integrating link-based discrete credit charging scheme into the discrete network design problem, to improve the transport performance from the perspectives of both transport network planning and travel demand management. The proposed model is a mixed-integer nonlinear bilevel programming problem, which includes an upper level problem for the transport authority and a lower level problem for the network users. The lower level sub-model is the traffic network user equilibrium (UE) formulation for a given network design strategy determined by the upper level problem. The network user at the lower level tries to minimize his/her own generalized travel cost (including both the travel time and the value of the credit charged for using the link) by choosing his/her route. While the transport authority at the upper level tries to find the optimal number of lanes and credit charging level with their locations to minimize the total system travel time (or maximize the transportation system performance). A genetic algorithm is used to solve the proposed mixed-integer nonlinear bilevel programming problem. Numerical experiments show the efficiency of the proposed model for traffic congestion mitigation, reveal that interaction effects across the tradable credit scheme and the discrete network design problem which amplify their individual effects. Moreover, the integrated model can achieve better performance than the sequential decision problems.