不确定需求下二级供应链中的鲁棒定价问题

对由一个制造商和一个零售商组成的单一产品二级供应链,在市场潜在需求和价格敏感系数不确定的情况下,分析制造商和零售商的鲁棒定价决策。首先考虑了零售商掌握完全信息而制造商仅已知各参数区间的不对称信息情形,建立Stackelberg鲁棒博弈模型并对模型的均衡解进行探讨,进一步通过对解的分析和对比讨论了不对称信息下零售商的决策优势。然后研究了制造商和零售商都仅已知各参数区间的不完全信息情形,给出Stackelberg鲁棒博弈模型,求得其均衡解并与完全信息下的情形以及不对称信息下的情形进行比较,分别得到制造商和零售商在不完全信息下所获得的利润比在完全信息下所获得利润高的条件,并证明了制造商在不完全信息下所获得的利润比在不对称信息下获得的利润高,而零售商则刚好相反。最后给出算例分析,对所得到的解和结论做一些补充。     

基于随机Petri网的生产提前期牛鞭效应测度研究

利用随机Petri网结合三角模糊参数,对产品生产的三工艺阶段生产周期的波动进行测定,得出前工艺阶段生产周期的波动造成后工艺阶段生产周期更大的波动,且波动逐级传递。证实了生产提前期也具有类似供应链中的牛鞭效应的现象,对不确定因素导致生产周期波动的测度提供了一种新的思路和方法。     

带通滤波器的计算新思路

用一种新的思路和方法 ,先计算低通、再计算高通滤波器的有关参数 ,然后组合成带通滤波器     

Measuring the complexity of generalized linear hierarchical models

Measuring a statistical model's complexity is important for model criticism and comparison. However, it is unclear how to do this for hierarchical models due to uncertainty about how to count the random effects. The authors develop a complexity measure for generalized linear hierarchical models based on linear model theory. They demonstrate the new measure for binomial and Poisson observables modeled using various hierarchical structures, including a longitudinal model and an areal‐data model having both spatial clustering and pure heterogeneity random effects. They compare their new measure to a Bayesian index of model complexity, the effective number p_D of parameters (Spiegelhalter, Best, Carlin & van der Linde 2002); the comparisons are made in the binomial and Poisson cases via simulation and two real data examples. The two measures are usually close, but differ markedly in some instances where p_D is arguably inappropriate. Finally, the authors show how the new measure can be used to approach the difficult task of specifying prior distributions for variance components, and in the process cast further doubt on the commonly‐used vague inverse gamma prior.     

参数自适应模糊控制的自动送钻技术研究

针对传统送钻方式的不足及钻井过程复杂、数学模型难建立等特点,在简要分析交流变频自动送钻系统的工作原理和影响送钻的各因素之间关系后,提出将参数自调整模糊控制与交流变频恒钻压自动送钻相结合。通过对钻压趋势的判断,采用参数自调整模糊PI 控制,实现对送钻电机转速的控制。该算法不需要精确的数学模型,可通过自学习实时修正控制参数。试验表明：控制效果良好,在保证恒钻压的基础上,可实现稳速送钻,提高了系统调节的快速性、自适应性和鲁棒性,精度高,现场应用证实此算法控制效果优越,可实现送钻稳态精度在±0.5 t 之内,而且送钻更加平稳,控制算法亦具有通用性。     

Multivariate normal estimation: the case (n < p)

Estimation in the multivariate context when the number of observations available is less than the number of variables is a classical theoretical problem. In order to ensure estimability, one has to assume certain constraints on the parameters. A method for maximum likelihood estimation under constraints is proposed to solve this problem. Even in the extreme case where only a single multivariate observation is available, this may provide a feasible solution. It simultaneously provides a simple, straightforward methodology to allow for specific structures within and between covariance matrices of several populations. This methodology yields exact maximum likelihood estimates.     

Bounded risk estimation of a linear combination of location parameters in negative exponential distributions via three-stage sampling

The paper deals with the problem of bounded risk point estimation for a linear combination of location parameters of two negative exponential distributions. Isogai and Futschik considered the situation when the location and scale parameters are all unknown. They proposed purely sequential procedures and gave second order expansions of the average sample sizes and risks. In this paper we propose three-stage procedures and derive second order expansions of the average sample sizes and risks. Further, we compare the results with those from previous work.     

Sample size re‐estimation incorporating prior information on a nuisance parameter

Prior information is often incorporated informally when planning a clinical trial. Here, we present an approach on how to incorporate prior information, such as data from historical clinical trials, into the nuisance parameter–based sample size re‐estimation in a design with an internal pilot study. We focus on trials with continuous endpoints in which the outcome variance is the nuisance parameter. For planning and analyzing the trial, frequentist methods are considered. Moreover, the external information on the variance is summarized by the Bayesian meta‐analytic‐predictive approach. To incorporate external information into the sample size re‐estimation, we propose to update the meta‐analytic‐predictive prior based on the results of the internal pilot study and to re‐estimate the sample size using an estimator from the posterior. By means of a simulation study, we compare the operating characteristics such as power and sample size distribution of the proposed procedure with the traditional sample size re‐estimation approach that uses the pooled variance estimator. The simulation study shows that, if no prior‐data conflict is present, incorporating external information into the sample size re‐estimation improves the operating characteristics compared to the traditional approach. In the case of a prior‐data conflict, that is, when the variance of the ongoing clinical trial is unequal to the prior location, the performance of the traditional sample size re‐estimation procedure is in general superior, even when the prior information is robustified. When considering to include prior information in sample size re‐estimation, the potential gains should be balanced against the risks.     

Estimating ordered quantiles of two exponential populations with a common minimum guarantee time

The problem of estimating ordered quantiles of two exponential populations is considered, assuming equality of location parameters (minimum guarantee times), using the quadratic loss function. Under order restrictions, we propose new estimators which are the isotonized version of the MLEs, call it, restricted MLE. A sufficient condition for improving equivariant estimators is derived under order restrictions on the quantiles. Consequently, estimators improving upon the old estimators have been derived. A detailed numerical study has been done to evaluate the performance of proposed estimators using the Monte-Carlo simulation method and recommendations have been made for the use of the estimators.     

Estimation and Inference for Linear Panel Data Models Under Misspecification When Both n and T are Large

This article considers fixed effects (FE) estimation for linear panel data models under possible model misspecification when both the number of individuals, n, and the number of time periods, T, are large. We first clarify the probability limit of the FE estimator and argue that this probability limit can be regarded as a pseudo-true parameter. We then establish the asymptotic distributional properties of the FE estimator around the pseudo-true parameter when n and T jointly go to infinity. Notably, we show that the FE estimator suffers from the incidental parameters bias of which the top order is O(T^{? 1}), and even after the incidental parameters bias is completely removed, the rate of convergence of the FE estimator depends on the degree of model misspecification and is either (nT)^{? 1/2} or n^{? 1/2}. Second, we establish asymptotically valid inference on the (pseudo-true) parameter. Specifically, we derive the asymptotic properties of the clustered covariance matrix (CCM) estimator and the cross-section bootstrap, and show that they are robust to model misspecification. This establishes a rigorous theoretical ground for the use of the CCM estimator and the cross-section bootstrap when model misspecification and the incidental parameters bias (in the coefficient estimate) are present. We conduct Monte Carlo simulations to evaluate the finite sample performance of the estimators and inference methods, together with a simple application to the unemployment dynamics in the U.S.