FROM MANUFACTURING SCHEDULING TO SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION：THE CONTROL OF COMPLEXITY AND UNCERTAINTY

With time-based competition and rapid technology advancements, effective manufacturingscheduling and supply chain coordination are critical to quickly respond to changing marketconditions. These problems, however, are difficult in view of inherent complexity and variousuncertainties involved. Based on a series of results by the authors, decomposition and coordination byusing Lagrangian relaxation is identified in this paper as an effective way to control complexity anduncertainty.A manufacturing scheduling problem is first formulated within the job shop context withuncertain order arrivals, processing times, due dates, and part priorities as a separable optimizationproblem. A solution methodology that combines Lagrangian relaxation, stochastic dynamicprogramming, and heuristics is developed. Method improvements to effectively solve large problemsare also highlighted. To extend manufacturing scheduling within a factory to coordinate autonomicmembers across chains of suppliers, a decentralized supply chai     

偏最小二乘相关算法在系统建模中的两类典型应用

讨论了偏最小二乘回归（PLSR）的相关算法对两类典型实际系统建模的有效应用。分析了传统的偏最小二乘回归批处理算法及由此产生的一种简化算法的基本原理和技术特点，在此基础上，对原有的递推算法进行了一定程度的改进，直接采用自变量主元t的回归系数矩阵P和R来取代旧的数据信息，从而进一步简化了计算过程，针对上述两种算法的特点，分别对无人机费用模型（少样本，多变量）和切削力峰值模型（多样本，少变量）参数进行了估计计算，说明了各自算法的应用优势。     

高粘度十二烯基琥珀酸淀粉钠理化性质的研究(Ⅱ)——颗粒形貌和乳化性质

原玉米淀粉经十二烯基琥珀酸酐（DDSA）酯化后，颗粒形貌发生变化。经研究认为：化学反应首先发生在淀粉颗凿表面的无定形区；酯化后淀粉的乳化能力明显增强，不同取代度产品的亲水亲油平衡（HLB）值均大于10，表明它为亲水型乳化稳定剂。     

浅议外资企业外籍高管人员个人所得税的纳税处理

针对外商投资企业逐步增加，企业内外籍员工的个人所得税涉税金额占国内个人所得税税收金额的比例越来越大的现状，指出了实际工作中现行税收法规中有待商榷与推敲的问题，并提出了修改建议。     

关于“流体静力学矛盾”作用机制的定量分析

在充满液体的等底等高的各种异型容器内,液体对容器底部压力相等,但对支承容器的面的压力(不计容器质量)并不相等。这是著名的“流体静力学矛盾”。对其作用机制作了具体的定量分析,得出了比较令人满意的解释。     

PDE-Based Medial Axis Extraction and Shape Manipulation of Arbitrary Meshes

Shape skeletonization （i.e., medial axis extraction） is powerful in many visual computing applications, such as pattern recognition, object segmentation, registration, and animation. In this paper, the authors expand the use of diffusion equations combined with distance field information to approximate medial axes of arbitrary 3D differential properties. It offers an alternative solids represented by polygonal meshes based on their but natural way for medial axis extraction for commonly used 3D polygonal models. By solving the PDE along time axis, this system can not only quickly extract diffusion-based medial axes of input meshes, but also allow users to visualize the extraction process at each time step. In addition, the proposed model provides users a set of manipulation toolkits to sculpt extracted medial axes, then use diffusion-based techniques to recover corresponding deformed shapes according to the original input datasets. This skeleton-based shape manipulation offers a fast and easy way for animation and deformation of complicated mesh objects.     

Systemic Intervention in a University Department: Reflections on Arrested Action Research

This paper reflects on my experience as an insider researcher attempting to use critical systems ideas and practices to promote quality improvement in a university engineering department. Reflection is a key part of learning. This paper is intended to contribute to critically, self-reflective learning for the community of systems practitioners. These reflections on my questions about participation, ethics, politics of process, and the choices and actions resulting from them may help others to formulate their own. The complexity of systems practice places substantial demands on the researcher, particularly in the case of insider, practitioner research. Nevertheless, the exploration of critical systems approaches to critique boundaries and structure ‘problems’ in the core aspects of higher education in locally meaningful ways should continue. While demanding, it still can work to promote learning about authentic quality.     

管理运行机制在大学生科技创新活动中的应用

文章主要探讨信息类本科专业人才在创新能力上的培养模式,解决人才培养中存在的“重理论、轻实践”问题,提出提高学生创新精神和实践能力的有效途径,建立了一套适合培养学生创新和管理的运行机制。     

PEAK COVARIANCE STABILITY OF A RANDOM RICCATI EQUATION ARISING FROM KALMAN FILTERING WITH OBSERVATION LOSSES

We consider the stability of a random Riccati equation with a Markovian binary jump coefficient. More specifically, we are concerned with the boundedness of the solution of a random Riccati difference equation arising from Kalman filtering with measurement losses. A sufficient condition for the peak covariance stability is obtained which has a simpler form and is shown to be less conservative in some cases than a very recent result in existing literature. Furthermore, we show that a known sufficient condition is also necessary when the observability index equals one.     

CONSTRUCTIVE KISSING NUMBERS IN HIGH-DIMENSIONAL SPACES

In the present paper, we focus on constructive spherical codes. By employing algebraic geometry codes, we give an explicit construction of spherical code sequences. By making use of the idea involved in the proof of the Gilbert-Varshamov bound in coding theory, we construct a spherical code sequence in exponential time which meets the best-known asymptotic bound by Shamsiev and Wyner.