简介:Thecoordinationproblemofasupplychaincomprisingonesupplierandoneretailerundermarketdemanddisruptionisstudiedinthisarticle.Anovelexponentialdemandfunctionisadopted,andthepenaltycostisintroducedexplicitlytocapturethedeviationproductioncostcausedbythemarketdemanddisruption.Theoptimalstrategiesareobtainedfordifferentdisruptionscaleunderthecentralizedmode.Forthedecentralizedmode,itisprovedthatthesupplychaincanbefullycoordinatedbyadjustingthepricediscountpolicyappropriatelywhendisruptionoccurs.Furthermore,theauthorspointoutthatsimilarresultscanbeestablishedformoregeneraldemandfunctionsthatrepresentdifferentmarketcircumstancesifcertainassumptionsaresatisfied.
简介:Oneofthekeycomponentsofanygridarchitectureismanagingcomputeandstorageresourcesandoptimizingtheirutilization.SAMhasimplementedfeaturesthatallowittoexercisea"fairshare"and"prioritized"policyamongmanygroupsofusers.Thegoalsareasfollows:1)implementthexperimentspoliciesforresourceusagebyresearchgroupandbydataaccessmode,and2)optimizetheresourceusagetomaximizetheoverallthroughputdefinedintermsofrealdataprocessingactivity,AtthelowestlevelofSAMarchitecture,calledthestation,theSAMsystemintegratesthedatadeliveryandcachemanagementwiththejobcontrolandschedulingofthebatchsystem.Atthesite-level,forexampleatFermilab,requestsfordatafromon-sitestationsaremanagedtooptimizeMassStorageSystemresourcesandnetworkthroughput,Managementofresourcesatavariousgeographiclevelsarediscussed.
简介:Thispaperisconcernedwiththestatisticalmodelingofthedependencestructureofmultivariatefinancialdatausingthecopula,andtheapplicationofcopulafunctionsinVaRvaluation.Aftertheintroductionofthepurecopulamethodandthemaximumandminimummixturecopulamethod,authorspresentanewalgorithmbasedonthemoregeneralizedmixturecopulafunctionsandthedependencemeasure,andapplythemethodtotheportfolioofShanghaistockcompositeindexandShenzhenstockcomponentindex.Comparingwiththeresultsfromvariousmethods,onecanfindthatthemixturecopulamethodisbetterthanthepureGaussiancopulamethodandthemaximumandminimummixturecopulamethodondifierentVaRlevel.
简介:Thedolly+isaLinuxapplicationprogramtoclonefilesanddiskpartitionimagefromaPCtomanyothers.Byusingseveraltechniquessuchaslogicalringconnection,multithreadingandpipelining,itcouldachievehighperformanceandscalability.Forexample,intypicalcondition,installationstoahundredPCstakesalmostequivalenttimefortwoPCs.TogetherwiththeIntelPXEandtheRedHatkickstart,automaticandveryfastsysteminstallationandupgradingcouldbeperformed.
简介:Amathematicalmodelofapredator-preymodelwithIvlev'sfunctionalresponseconcerningintegratedpestmanagement(IPM)isproposedandanalyzed.Weshowthatthereexistsastablepest-eradicationperiodicsolutionwhentheimpulsiveperiodislessthansomecriticalvalues,Furthermore,theconditionsforthepermanenceofthesystemaregiverl.Byusingbifurcationtheory,weshowtheexistenceandstabilityofapositiveperiodicsolution.Theseresultsarequitedifferentfromthoseofthecorrespondingsystemwithoutimpulses.Numericalsimulationshowsthatthesystemweconsiderhasmorecomplexdynamicalbehaviors.Finally,itisprovedthatIPMstrageyismoreeffectivethantheclassicalone.