A multiserver retrial queue: regenerative stability analysis

We consider a multiserver retrial GI/G/m queue with renewal input of primary customers, interarrival time τ with rate , service time S, and exponential retrial times of customers blocked in the orbit. In the model, an arriving primary customer enters the system and gets a service immediately if there is an empty server, otherwise (if all m servers are busy) he joins the orbit and attempts to enter the system after an exponentially distributed time. Exploiting the regenerative structure of the (non-Markovian) stochastic process representing the total number of customers in the system (in service and in orbit), we determine stability conditions of the system and some of its variations. More precisely, we consider a discrete-time process embedded at the input instants and prove that if and , then the regeneration period is aperiodic with a finite mean. Consequently, this queue has a stationary distribution under the same conditions as a standard multiserver queue GI/G/m with infinite buffer. To establish this result, we apply a renewal technique and a characterization of the limiting behavior of the forward renewal time in the (renewal) process of regenerations. The key step in the proof is to show that the service discipline is asymptotically work-conserving as the orbit size increases. Included are extensions of this stability analysis to continuous-time processes, a retrial system with impatient customers, a system with a general retrial rate, and a system with finite buffer for waiting primary customers. We also consider the regenerative structure of a multi-dimensional Markov process describing the system. This work is supported by Russian Foundation for Basic Research under grants 04-07-90115 and 07-07-00088.     

结构的全过程设计优化

建立了结构生命期内的设计优化模型。根据该模型,不仅可以得到结构的最优设计－维修策略,而且可以得以结构的寿命期。对在役结构,给出当前结构的剩余承载力,模型将给出结构以后的最优维修决策。该模型的优点在于理论简单易懂,计算方便,便于实际应用。     

检验检测服务模式研究

检验检测服务模式发展滞后于检验检测行业发展的重要原因之一就是缺乏针对于服务模式的理论定义。采用概念分析法,以服务模式的定义和检验检测行业的服务特点为逻辑,研究了相关的代表性理论,认为服务模式主要由服务的基本要素和服务的商业模式两方面的内容组成,并深入探讨了检验检测的服务模式,提出了构建检验检测服务模式这一概念的重要意义。     

Application of a kinematic hardening viscoplasticity model with thresholds to the residual stress relaxation

The life analysis of engine components needs to take into account the residual stress relaxation induced by cyclic service loads. The paper recalls a new class of constitutive equations for cyclic viscoplasticity, using a series of kinematic hardening models with thresholds. The equations are introduced within a recently enlarged thermodynamic framework. Some attention is focused to the relations with multisurface approaches and to a specific determination procedure of the model parameters. The new model is applied to the calculation of the near surface residual stress relaxation after shot peening, when the structure is submitted to cyclic service loads. The simulated stabilized residual stresses are in good accordance with experimental results obtained on an N18 disk alloy at 650°C. In comparison, the classical model without threshold predicts the complete vanishing of the residual stresses, which is not satisfactory.     

A simulation model for determining variable worker requirements in a service operation with time-dependent customer demand

In a service operation where worker requirements have to be determined for short scheduling time periods with nonstationary customer demand, the assumptions necessary for applying steady-state solutions to elementary queueing models are usually violated. This paper describes a simulation study of the behavior of such a service operation. The results are compared with the steady-state solutions to a queueing model where individual scheduling time periods are assumed to be independent. It is found that if the system utilization is below a derived maximum value (based on a service level criterion), then the steady-state solutions are robust enough to explain the behavior of the system and can be used to schedule worker requirements.     

Residence exchange wanted: A stable residence exchange problem

This paper introduces a special matching problem, the stable residence exchange problem, originated from the need for residence exchange in China. The problem involves families wishing to exchange their residences based on their preferences. The stability of exchange is defined and the problem can be formed as a special case of trading indivisible goods with preferences. The solution method and the properties of the solution are discussed and the factors that may affect the performance of the residence exchange are investigated through computer simulation. Finally, the application considerations are addressed.     

基于语义Choquet积分的知识服务能力测评方法

针对知识服务中考虑模糊语言关联性信息的知识服务能力评价与提升策略问题,提出了一种评价方法。为了解决该问题,首先构建了知识服务能力的评价指标体系和矩阵分析模型;然后,明晰了知识服务能力的语言评价指标会在不同程度上存在关联的问题特征及二元语义信息处理方法的特征,并进行了形式化描述;同时,提出并定义了二元语义Choquet积分算子,给出了一种基于二元语义Choquet积分算子评价知识服务能力的方法;最后,通过算例分析说明了本文给出方法的可行性和实用性。     

制造云服务组合柔性的四维属性测度方法

云制造环境下服务资源进行动态组合时不可避免地遇到内、外部环境的不确定性,这些不确定性因素直接影响到制造云服务组合的执行成本、效率和质量。为了有效提升制造云服务组合的柔性,需要对其柔性能力进行测度。在假定某待选云服务集中的各服务资源能够以不同的效率替代完成任务的基础上,建立了考虑制造云服务组合柔性的效率柔性、冗余柔性、路径柔性和任务柔性的四维属性测度方法。最后,结合具体算例对该方法的应用过程进行了分析。     

投资决策中信息服务的研究

在一定假设条件下,建立了投资者对信息服务的价值分析和最佳投资的理论模型,并对文[1]中的结论进行修正,得到了与实际更加符合的结论.     

A polling model with an autonomous server

This paper considers polling systems with an autonomous server that remains at a queue for an exponential amount of time before moving to a next queue incurring a generally distributed switch-over time. The server remains at a queue until the exponential visit time expires, also when the queue becomes empty. If the queue is not empty when the visit time expires, service is preempted upon server departure, and repeated when the server returns to the queue. The paper first presents a necessary and sufficient condition for stability, and subsequently analyzes the joint queue-length distribution via an embedded Markov chain approach. As the autonomous exponential visit times may seem to result in a system that closely resembles a system of independent queues, we explicitly investigate the approximation of our system via a system of independent vacation queues. This approximation is accurate for short visit times only.