On some Diophantine fourier series

We continue our study on arithmetical Fourier series by considering two Fourier series which are related to Diophantine analysis. The first one was studied by Hardy and Littlewood in connection with the classification of numbers and the second one was studied by Hartman and Wintner by Lebesgue integration theory.     

Optimal threshold values of age and two-phase maintenance policy for leased equipments using age reduction method

This paper investigates the optimal threshold values of age to perform preventive maintenance (PM) actions for leased equipment within the lease period. In this paper, we use age reduction method to describe the degree of PM and construct the maintenance cost function. For repairable leased equipment, two maintenance models are proposed: (i) maintenance policy of single-phase and (ii) maintenance policy of two-phase. During the lease period, PM actions are carried out when the age of equipment reaches a certain threshold value. Any failure of the leased equipment is rectified by a minimal repair within the lease period. Under these maintenance schemes, the mathematical models of the expected total cost for maintenance policies of single-phase and two-phase are established, and the optimal maintenance policies are derived such that the expected total cost is minimized. Finally, the features of the optimal maintenance policy are illustrated through numerical examples.     

Numerical differentiation for high orders by an integration method

This paper mainly studies the numerical differentiation by integration method proposed first by Lanczos. New schemes of the Lanczos derivatives are put forward for reconstructing numerical derivatives for high orders from noise data. The convergence rate of these proposed methods is as the noise level δ→0. Numerical examples show that the proposed methods are stable and efficient.     

Ship-pack optimization in a two-echelon distribution system

In large distribution systems, distribution centers (DC) deliver some merchandize to their retail stores in size-specific packages, also called ship-packs. These ship-packs include cases (e.g., cartons containing 24 or 48 units), inners (packages of 6 or 8 units) or eaches (individual units). For each Stock Keeping Unit (SKU), a retailer can decide which of these ship-pack options to use when replenishing its retail stores. Working with a major US retailer, we have developed a cost model that balances DC handling costs, store handling costs and inventory-related costs at both the DC and the stores, and therefore can help to determine the optimum warehouse ship-pack for each SKU. We implement our model for a sample of 529 SKUs, and show that by changing ship-pack size for about 30 SKUs, the retailer can reduce its total cost by 0.3% - 0.4%. Interestingly, we find that most of the cost savings occurs at the DC level.     

EXISTENCE OF POSITIVE PERIODIC SOLUTION TO A CLASS OF NEUTRAL DELAY COMPETITION MODEL

By means of the theory of coincidence degree, sufficient condition for the existence of positive periodic solution to certain neutral delay competition model is obtained.     

α-可分解4-圈系统

An m-cycle system of order ν and index λ, denoted by rn-CS(ν, λ), is a collection of cycles of length m whose edges partition the edges of λκ_v. An m-CS(ν, λ) is α-resolvable if its cycles can be partitioned into classes such that each point of the design occurs in precisely α cycles in each class. The necessary conditions for the existence of such a design are m|λν(ν-1)/2,2|λ(ν-1), m|αν,α|λ(ν-1)/2 It is shown in this paper that these conditions are also sufficient when m = 4.     

Doubling measures on Cantor sets and their extensions

We study the doubling property of binomial measures on the middle interval Cantor set. We obtain a necessary and sufficient condition that enables a binomial measure to be doubling. Then we determine those doubling binomial measures which can be extended to be doubling on [0,1]. Finally, we construct a compact set X in [0,1] and a doubling measure μ on X, such that [`(F)]_X=X\overline{F}_{X}=X and m|_EX{\mu|}_{E_{X}} is doubling on E _X , where E _X is the set of accumulation points of X and F _X is the set of isolated points of X.     

弱DEA有效性（C^2GS^2）的研究

本证明了一个[1]中所述的有关弱DEA有效性（C^2GA^2）的定理,答复了[2]中所提出的问题。     

Darboux transformation and explicit solutions for the integrable sixth-order KdV equation for nonlinear waves

Korteweg-de Vries (KdV)-type equations can describe some physical phenomena in fluids, nonlinear optics, quantum mechanics, plasmas, etc. In this paper, with the aid of symbolic computation, the integrable sixth-order KdV equation is investigated. Darboux transformation (DT) with an arbitrary parameter is presented. Explicit solutions are derived with the DT. Relevant properties are graphically illustrated, which might be helpful to understand some physical processes in fluids, plasmas, optics and quantum mechanics.