Computing Aviation Sparing Policies: Solving a Large Nonlinear Integer Program

Deployed US Navy aircraft carriers must stock a large number of spare parts to support the various types of aircraft embarked on the ship. The sparing policy determines the spares that will be stocked on the ship to keep the embarked aircraft ready to fly. Given a fleet of ten or more aircraft carriers and a cost of approximately 50 million dollars per carrier plus the cost of spares maintained in warehouses in the United States, the sparing problem constitutes a significant portion of the Navy’s resources. The objective of this work is to find a minimum-cost sparing policy that meets the readiness requirements of the embarked aircraft. This is a very large, nonlinear, integer optimization problem. The cost function is piecewise linear and convex while the constraint mapping is highly nonlinear. The distinguishing characteristics of this problem from an optimization viewpoint are that a large number of decision variables are required to be integer and that the nonlinear constraint functions are essentially “black box” functions; that is, they are very difficult (and expensive) to evaluate and their derivatives are not available. Moreover, they are not convex. Integer programming problems with a large number of variables are difficult to solve in general and most successful approaches to solving nonlinear integer problems have involved linear approximation and relaxation techniques that, because of the complexity of the constraint functions, are inappropriate for attacking this problem. We instead employ a pattern search method to each iteration of an interior point-type algorithm to solve the relaxed version of the problem. From the solution found by the pattern search on each interior point iteration, we begin another pattern search on the integer lattice to find a good integer solution. The best integer solution found across all interations is returned as the optimal solution. The pattern searches are distributed across a local area network of non-dedicated, heterogeneous computers in an office environment, thus, drastically reducing the time required to find the solution.     

The Casimir effect of Reissner-NordstrSm black hole

The stress tensor of a massless scalar field satisfying a mixed boundary condition in a （1 ＋ 1）-dimensional Reissner- Nordstrom black hole background is calculated by using Wald＇s axiom. We find that Dirichlet stress tensor and Neumann stress tensor can be deduced by changing the coefficients of the stress tensor calculated under a mixed boundary condition. The stress tensors satisfying Dirichlet and Neumann boundary conditions are discussed. In addition, we also find that the stress tensor in conformal flat spacetime background differs from that in flat spacetime only by a constant.     

Tunneling Radiation of a Torus-Like Black Hole in Anti-de Sitter Space-Time

An extension of the Parikh-Wilczek's semi-classical quantum tunneling method, the tunneling radiation of the charged particle from a torus-like black hole is investigated. Difference from the uncharged mass-less particle, the geodesics of the charged massive particle tunneling from the black hole is not light-like, but determined by the phase velocity. The derived result shows that the tunneling rate depends on the emitted particle's energy and electric charge, and takes the same functional form as uncharged particle. It proves also that the exact emission spectrum is not strictly pure thermal, but is consistent with the underlying unitary theory. PACS Numbers: 04.70.Dy, 97.60.Lf, 05.30.Ch.     

采用热处理方法提高MEH-PPV单层聚合物有机发光二极管发光性能的研究

对以MEH－PPV为发光层的单层聚合物有机发光二极管（OLED）器件在最佳条件下进行真空热处理，并用金相显微镜观察施加电压后器件的阴极表面形貌。发现处理后的器件阴极表面的气泡及黑斑明显减少。器件的发光性能显著提高。与未经处理的器件相比，最大相对发光强度提高了一个数量级、启亮电压降低了2．0V，半寿命提高了12．7倍。初步分析表明热处理方法提高器件发光性能的主要原因在于有效地减少了器件在工作过程中由于焦耳热产生的某些气体，从而减少阴极表面气泡及黑斑的出现，另一方面，热处理方法也增强了有机发光层与阴极接触界面的结合力，提高电子注入水平。     

20世纪60年代黑人利益集团的崛起与美国政府的应对——“最后通牒”博弈理论的分析

从博弈论的角度论述了20世纪60年代发生于美国的以黑人利益集团为主体的争取自身利益的活动，以及美国政府所作出的回应。最终得出黑人利益集团在60年代末走向没落的根本原因在于他们最终的愿望是想要融入美国社会，而由于自身的经济条件不发达，以至于在博弈中处于被动地位，并最终销声匿迹。     

基于稳健关联向量回归的黑液波美度软测量

针对造纸工业碱回收蒸发工段黑液波美度不易在线实时测量的现状,提出一种基于稳健关联向量回归的软测量方法,建立黑液波美度的软测量模型,实现黑液波美度的在线测量。稳健关联向量回归方法通过最大化一个建立在稳健子集上的似然函数得到模型的参数,同时保证回归的稳健性。构造了迭代算法来计算稳健关联向量回归,在优化超参数的同时,寻找稳健子集。实验结果表明,用该方法建立波美度软测量模型不仅是可行的和有效的,而且能够克服异常点的影响。     

杭州"王星记"扇子制作工艺初步调查

作为中华老字号的“王星记”扇业已走过了百年历史。经历了各种历史的沧桑,其传统手工制扇工艺仍保存的较为完整。考察记录“王星记”制扇工艺中具有传统特色的黑纸扇、檀香扇,并对这项非物质文化遗产的保护提出了建议。     

聚合物加脂剂RF-1的应用工艺及特性

研究了不同工艺条件对聚合物加脂剂RF-1应用性能的影响.结果表明,RF-1具有优良的加脂复鞣性能,是制作防水耐洗服装革的理想材料。     

动态广义球对称含荷黑洞的统计熵

利用改进了的brickwall膜模型,计算了动态广义球对称含荷黑洞的熵,研究结果表明,对于动态黑洞,将黑洞熵表示为与视界面积成正比时,则比例系数总与动态黑洞的视界速度有关 关键词： 广义球对称黑洞 黑洞熵 brick-wall膜模型 WKB近似     

炭黑填充聚乙烯材料电阻—温度特性研究

研究了炭黑／聚乙烯导电复合材料的ＰＴＣ特性及在不同条件下的电阻变化。发现ＰＴＣ特性与体积膨胀及聚乙烯晶相的熔融有许多一致性。认为材料的体积膨胀及聚乙烯晶相熔融时炭黑颗粒均匀化扩散导致了电阻随温度上升。在较高温度下，炭黑颗粒在分子链段热运动的推动下会发生相对聚集使电阻不断减小，这是材料出现ＮＴＣ现象的原因。材料总的电阻温度特性是体积膨胀、炭黑向聚乙烯熔融区扩散及相互聚集三个因素共同作用的结果。