An EMQ model in an imperfect production process

The intention of this article is to develop a framework of production policy (resumption and non-resumption) in order to find out optimal safety stock, optimal production rate and production lot size. It encompasses specific versions of the concept of quality and inventory model, stochastic machine breakdown and its correcting and regular repair paths with safety stocks. This framework hopefully serves to simplify answers to the important questions: How much safety stocks, production rate and production lot size are required to minimise the total expected system cost. The optimal production rate, production lot size, production run time and safety stocks are determined numerically and the joint effect of process deterioration, machine breakdown and its repair (correcting and preventive) on the optimal decision is investigated for a numerical example. Such an investigation should also yield logistics directions for the design of products and their manufacturing processes.     

The machine breakdown paradox: How random shifts in the production rate may increase company profits

The causes and effects of machine breakdowns have frequently been investigated in the past. One popular stream of research studies technical errors in production and analyzes their impact on the inventory policy of the company. In this paper, we show that random shifts in the production rate of a machine, which may occur, for example, due to technical defects, may lead to a reduction in total cost and therewith to an increase in profit. This obvious paradox may lead to situations where it is economically rational for the company to sustain a technically inefficient situation, or even to take measures to intentionally induce a shift in the production rate, for example by damaging the machine on purpose. In this paper, we illustrate this paradox by referring to an existing inventory model, and trace it back to common assumptions made in the literature.     

Economic production quantity model with a shifting production rate

Typical models for determining the economic production quantity (EPQ) assume perfect product quality and perfect production processes. Deteriorating processes may affect production systems in several ways. They may decrease the quality of the items produced, cause production stoppage and breakdowns and/or reduce the production rate due to production process inefficiency. The purpose of this paper is to present an EPQ model that incorporates the effect of shifts in production rate on lot sizing decisions due to speed losses. The cycle starts with a certain production rate and after a random time, the production rate shifts to a lower value. A mathematical model to determine the optimal production policy under these conditions is developed and analyzed. Numerical examples are presented for illustrative purposes.     

An economic manufacturing quantity model for a two-stage assembly system with imperfect processes and variable production rate

This article considers a two-stage assembly system with imperfect processes. The former is an automatic stage in which the required components are manufactured. The latter is a manual stage which deals with taking the components to assemble the end product. In addition, the component processes are independent of each other, and the assembly rate is variable. Shortage is allowed, and the unsatisfied demand is completely backlogged. Then, we formulate the proposed problem as a cost minimization model where the assembly rate and the production run time of each component process are decision variables. An algorithm for the computations of the optimal solutions under the constraint of assembly rate is also provided. Finally, a numerical example and sensitivity analysis are carried out to illustrate the model.     

A continuous review inventory model with the controllable production rate of the manufacturer

Optimal operating policy in most deterministic and stochastic inventory models is based on the unrealistic assumption that lead‐time is a given parameter. In this article, we develop an inventory model where the replenishment lead‐time is assumed to be dependent on the lot size and the production rate of the manufacturer. At the time of contract with a manufacturer, the retailer can negotiate the lead‐time by considering the regular production rate of the manufacturer, who usually has the option of increasing his regular production rate up to the maximum (designed) production capacity. If the retailer intends to reduce the lead‐time, he has to pay an additional cost to accomplish the increased production rate. Under the assumption that the stochastic demand during lead‐time follows a Normal distribution, we study the lead‐time reduction by changing the regular production rate of the manufacturer at the risk of paying additional cost. We provide a solution procedure to obtain the efficient ordering strategy of the developed model. Numerical examples are presented to illustrate the solution procedure.     

An economic production quantity model for deteriorating items with preventive maintenance policy and random machine breakdown

In recent years, many researches on economic production quantity (EPQ) models with machine breakdown and preventive maintenance have been developed, but few of them have developed integrated models for deteriorating items. In this study, we develop EPQ models for deteriorating items with preventive maintenance, random machine breakdown and immediate corrective action. Corrective and preventive maintenance times are assumed to be stochastic and the unfulfilled demands are lost sales. Two EPQ models of uniform distribution and exponential distribution of corrective and maintenance times are developed. An example and sensitivity analysis is given to illustrate the models. For the exponential distribution model, it is shown that the corrective time parameter is one of the most sensitive parameters to the optimal total cost.     

Computational procedure of optimal inventory model involving controllable backorder rate and variable lead time with defective units

This article considers that the number of defective units in an arrival order is a binominal random variable. We derive a modified mixture inventory model with backorders and lost sales, in which the order quantity and lead time are decision variables. In our studies, we also assume that the backorder rate is dependent on the length of lead time through the amount of shortages and let the backorder rate be a control variable. In addition, we assume that the lead time demand follows a mixture of normal distributions, and then relax the assumption about the form of the mixture of distribution functions of the lead time demand and apply the minimax distribution free procedure to solve the problem. Furthermore, we develop an algorithm procedure to obtain the optimal ordering strategy for each case. Finally, three numerical examples are also given to illustrate the results.     

Data-based multiple-model prediction of the production rate for hematite ore beneficiation process

The prediction of the production rate of the hematite ore beneficiation process is important to plant-wide optimization. This paper presents a data-based multi-model approach to predict the production rate with multiple operating modes. The inputs of the predictive model are the performance indices of each unit process, and the output is the global production index (the production rate) of the hematite ore beneficiation process. The multiple models are developed by integrating the fuzzy clustering algorithm and machine learning algorithm. A global model, Takagi–Sugeno–Kang fuzzy model, and multiple neural network model were compared using the data obtained from a practical industrial process, and the effectiveness of the proposed algorithm was proven.     

可变服务率模式下基于需求驱动的传送带给料加工站系统的优化控制

本文主要研究可变服务率模式下基于需求驱动的传送带给料加工站(CSPS)系统的优化控制问题,主要目标是对系统的随机优化控制问题进行建模和提供解决方案.论文以缓冲库和成品库剩余容量为联合状态,以站点前视距离和工件服务率为控制变量,将其最优控制问题描述为半马尔科夫决策过程(SMDP)模型.该模型为利用策略迭代等方法求解系统在平均准则或折扣准则下的最优控制策略提供了理论基础,特别地,据此可引入基于模拟退火思想的Q学习算法等优化方法来寻求近似解,以克服理论求解过程中的维数灾和建模难等困难.仿真结果说明了本文建立的数学模型及给出的优化方法的有效性.     

一类具有标准发生率的SIRS传染病模型分岔分析

研究了一类具有脉冲生育和接种、垂直传染和标准发生率的SIRS传染病模型的动力学行为,通过利用Poincaré映射,讨论了平凡解和正周期-T解的存在和稳定性以及系统的跨临界分岔和flip分岔行为,并给出了能验证理论分析的数值结果.     

服务率不确定的单站点传送带给料加工站系统鲁棒优化控制

研究了服务率不确定情况下的单站点传送带给料加工站(CSPS)系统的鲁棒优化控制问题。在仅知服务率区间的条件下,以CSPS系统的前视距离作为控制变量,将鲁棒优化控制问题建模成不确定参数的半马尔可夫决策过程(SMDP)的极大极小优化问题,在状态相关的情况下,给出全局优化算法进行鲁棒控制策略求解。首先,运用遗传算法求解固定策略下的最差性能值;其次,根据求解得到的最差性能值,运用模拟退火算法求解最优鲁棒控制策略。仿真结果表明,服务率不确定的CSPS系统的最优鲁棒性能代价与服务率固定为区间中值系统的最优性能代价相差不大,并且随着不确定区间的缩小,两者的差值越小,说明了全局优化算法的有效性。     

Computation of a multi-objective production planning model with probabilistic constraints

In this paper, a multi-objective production planning model has been presented for a captive plant. The model includes multi-products, multi-plants, and multi-objective with some probabilistic constraints. The probabilistic constraints have been transformed into deterministic constraints assuming the parameters as independent normal random variables. The deterministic problem has been computed with two different methods, namely weighting method and fuzzy programming method. Finally, the integral solution obtained by these two methods have been compared.     

Bifurcation control of rotating stall with actuator magnitude and rate limits: Part I—model reduction and qualitative dynamics

Model order reduction is achieved by approximating the dynamics on the invariant manifold connecting the stall equilibria and the equilibria depicting the steady axisymmetric flow. Bifurcations and qualitative dynamics of the closed loop system are obtained by analyzing the reduced order system, and illustrated by drawing phase portraits at different values of the throttle coefficient. The invariant manifold of a saddle equilibrium of the reduced system forms the boundary between the region of attraction of the stabilized stall equilibrium and that of the fully developed stall equilibrium.