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A Stackelberg game theoretic model for optimizing product family architecting with supply chain consideration
Planning of an optimal product family architecture (PFA) plays a critical role in defining an organization's
product platforms for product variant configuration while leveraging commonality and variety. The focus
of PFA planning has been traditionally limited to the product design stage, yet with limited consideration
of the downstream supply chain-related issues. Decisions of supply chain configuration have a profound
impact on not only the end cost of product family fulfillment, but also how to design the architecture of
module configuration within a product family. It is imperative for product family architecting to be
optimized in conjunction with supply chain configuration decisions. This paper formulates joint optimization of PFA planning and supply chain configuration as a Stackelberg game. A nonlinear, mixed
integer bilevel programming model is developed to deal with the leader–follower game decisions
between product family architecting and supply chain configuration. The PFA decision making is
represented as an upper-level optimization problem for optimal selection of the base modules and
compound modules. A lower-level optimization problem copes with supply chain decisions in accordance with the upper-level decisions of product variant configuration. Consistent with the bilevel
optimization model, a nested genetic algorithm is developed to derive near optimal solutions for PFA and
the corresponding supply chain network. A case study of joint PFA and supply chain decisions for power
transformers is reported to demonstrate the feasibility and potential of the proposed Stackelberg game
theoretic joint optimization of PFA and supply chain decisions
Single-shot measurement of the Josephson charge qubit
We demonstrate single-shot readout of quantum states of the Josephson charge
qubit. The quantum bits are transformed into and stored as classical bits
(charge quanta) in a dynamic memory cell - a superconducting island. The
transformation of state |1> (differing form state |0> by an extra Cooper pair)
is a result of a controllable quasiparticle tunneling to the island. The charge
is then detected by a conventional single-electron transistor,
electrostatically decoupled from the qubit. We study relaxation dynamics in the
system and obtain the readout efficiency of 87% and 93% for |1> and |0> states,
respectively.Comment: submitted to Rapid Communications of Phys. Rev. B (february 2004
On an Asymptotic Series of Ramanujan
An asymptotic series in Ramanujan's second notebook (Entry 10, Chapter 3) is
concerned with the behavior of the expected value of for large
where is a Poisson random variable with mean and
is a function satisfying certain growth conditions. We generalize this by
studying the asymptotics of the expected value of when the
distribution of belongs to a suitable family indexed by a convolution
parameter. Examples include the problem of inverse moments for distribution
families such as the binomial or the negative binomial.Comment: To appear, Ramanujan
Deltaron Dibaryon Structure in Chiral SU(3) Quark Model
We discuss the structure of Deltaron dibaryon in the chiral SU(3) quark
model. The energy of Deltaron is obtained by considering the coupling of the
and (hidden color) channels. The effects of various
parameters on the Deltaron mass are also studied. It is shown that the mass of
Deltaron is lower than the mass of but higher than the mass of
.Comment: 15 pages, Late
Spectral approach to linear programming bounds on codes
We give new proofs of asymptotic upper bounds of coding theory obtained
within the frame of Delsarte's linear programming method. The proofs rely on
the analysis of eigenvectors of some finite-dimensional operators related to
orthogonal polynomials. The examples of the method considered in the paper
include binary codes, binary constant-weight codes, spherical codes, and codes
in the projective spaces.Comment: 11 pages, submitte
Interplay among critical temperature, hole content, and pressure in the cuprate superconductors
Within a BCS-type mean-field approach to the extended Hubbard model, a
nontrivial dependence of T_c on the hole content per unit CuO_2 is recovered,
in good agreement with the celebrated non-monotonic universal behaviour at
normal pressure. Evaluation of T_c at higher pressures is then made possible by
the introduction of an explicit dependence of the tight-binding band and of the
carrier concentration on pressure P. Comparison with the known experimental
data for underdoped Bi2212 allows to single out an `intrinsic' contribution to
d T_c / d P from that due to the carrier concentration, and provides a
remarkable estimate of the dependence of the inter-site coupling strength on
the lattice scale.Comment: REVTeX 8 pages, including 5 embedded PostScript figures; other
required macros included; to be published in Phys. Rev. B (vol. 54
Quantum collisions of finite-size ultrarelativistic nuclei
We show that the boost variable, the conjugate to the coordinate rapidity,
which is associated with the center-of-mass motion, encodes the information
about the finite size of colliding nuclei in a Lorentz-invariant way. The
quasi-elastic forward color-changing scattering between the quantum boost
states rapidly grows with the total energy of the collision and leads to an
active breakdown of the color coherence at the earliest moments of the
collision. The possible physical implications of this result are discussed.Comment: 23 pages, RevTeX. New references and two figures added. Final version
accepted for publication in Physical Review
Observation of two relaxation mechanisms in transport between spin split edge states at high imbalance
Using a quasi-Corbino geometry to directly study electron transport between
spin-split edge states, we find a pronounced hysteresis in the I-V curves,
originating from slow relaxation processes. We attribute this long-time
relaxation to the formation of a dynamic nuclear polarization near the sample
edge. The determined characteristic relaxation times are 25 s and 200 s which
points to the presence of two different relaxation mechanisms. The two time
constants are ascribed to the formation of a local nuclear polarization due to
flip-flop processes and the diffusion of nuclear spins.Comment: Submitted to PR
Time- and vector-resolved Kerr microscopy of hard disk writers
Copyright © 2011 American Institute of Physics. This article may be downloaded for personal use only. Any other use requires prior permission of the author and the American Institute of Physics. The following article appeared in Applied Physics Letters 99 (2011) and may be found at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3665957Time-resolved scanning Kerr microscopy has been used to make wafer level measurements of magnetization dynamics within the yoke and pole piece of partially built hard disk writer structures. Three Cartesian components of the vector magnetization were recorded simultaneously using a quadrant photodiode polarization bridge detector. The rise time, relaxation time, and amplitude of each component has been related to the magnetic ground state, the initial torque, and flux propagation through the yoke and pole piece. Dynamic images reveal “flux-beaming” in which the magnetization component parallel to the symmetry axis of the yoke is largest along that axis
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