Make-or-buy service capacity decision in a supply chain providing after-sales service

We consider a supply chain comprising a manufacturer and a retailer. The manufacturer supplies a product to the retailer, while the retailer sells the product bundled with after-sales service to consumers in a fully competitive market. The sales volume is affected by the retailer’s service-level commitment. The retailer can build service capacity in-house at a deterministic price before service demand is realized, or buy the service from an outsourcing market at an uncertain price after service demand realization. We find that the outsourcing market encourages the retailer to make a higher level of service commitment, while prompting the manufacturer to reduce the wholesale price, resulting in more demand realization. We analyze how the expected cost of the service in the outsourcing market and the retailer’s risk attitude affect the decisions of both parties. We derive the conditions under which the retailer is willing to build service capacity in-house and under which it will buy the service from the outsourcing market. Moreover, we find that the manufacturer’s sharing with the retailer the cost to build service capacity improves the profits of both parties.     

BMAP|SM⥻1 model with Markov modulated retrials

This paper deals with the single server queueing system with a Batch Markovian Arrival Process (BMAP), the semi-Markovian (SM) service process, and the retrial process of a MMPP (Markov Modulated Poisson Process) type. The stationary distribution of orbit size at the embedded and arbitrary epochs is the subject of research. We appreciate the INTAS program for the financial support of this research via project #96-828.     

基于MC/SG的双机热备系统设计与实现

详细介绍服务器双机技术,分析双机热备技术的主要功能,并根据企业系统的需求,提出双机设计方案,并对系统中双机热备实现细节进行相应的阐述。     

.NET平台下开发三层架构WinForm应用程序简介

本文浅要介绍了基于Microsoft Visual Studio 2008/.NET Framework3.WinForm的三层架构应用程序的基本方法,简单演示了客户端与服务器端如何通过Web Service进行通信.     

以实验室文化为魂,创新高校实验室管理服务

实验室文化是高校校园文化的重要组成部分,对于营造积极向上、文明和谐的教学和科研环境,树立高校品牌,保持学校可持续发展,具有十分重要的意义.本文给出了营造实验室文化,创新实验室管理服务的几点做法.     

在ISDN上建立桌面会议系统

本文对用ISDN作为传输介质的一些标准和多点技术作简要介绍 ,并讨论在ISDN这种介质上 ,部署桌面会议系统时需要注意的问题。     

利用ADSL接入网开展VOD业务

本文介绍了视频点播 (VOD)业务 ,并重点阐述了利用不对称数字用户环路 (ADSL)作为用户接入网 ,在现有的双绞电话线上开展交互式通信———VOD业务的网络结构。     

广西移动智能网业务发展分析

从广西智能网业务的市场需求和存在问题入手，介绍了广西智能网业务的定位，并对现有业务在智能网上与BOSS上开展进行了比较。     

业务应用--3G成功的决定因素

欧、亚、美等通信发达地区已经开始发展3G商用网络。目前用户享受到的3G网络包括简单话音／消息、多蝶体信息、定位、移动互联网、高级话音等业务。用户关心的热点业务包括多媒体短信、定位、可视电话、移动电子商务、移动游戏等业务。内容更丰富、服务更贴近生活、地域服务差异性成为3G业务的发展方向，     

Quality of Service Schemes for IEEE 802.11 Wireless LANs – An Evaluation

This paper evaluates four mechanisms for providing service differentiation in IEEE 802.11 wireless LANs. The evaluated schemes are the Point Coordinator Function (PCF) of IEEE 802.11, the Enhanced Distributed Coordinator Function (EDCF) of the proposed IEEE 802.11e extension to IEEE 802.11, Distributed Fair Scheduling (DFS), and Blackburst. The evaluation was done using the ns-2 simulator. Furthermore, the impact of some parameter settings on performance has also been investigated. The metrics used in the evaluation are throughput, medium utilization, collision rate, average access delay, and delay distribution for a variable load of real time and background traffic. The simulations show that the best performance is achieved by Blackburst. PCF and EDCF are also able to provide pretty good service differentiation. DFS can give a relative differentiation and consequently avoids starvation of low priority traffic.