Energy consumption and cost-benefit analysis of hybrid and electric city buses

This paper presents a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) of hybrid and electric city buses in fleet operation. The analysis is founded on an energy consumption analysis, which is carried out on the basis of extensive simulations in different bus routes. A conventional diesel city bus is used as a reference for the CBA. Five different full size hybrid and electric city bus configurations were considered in this study; two parallel and two series hybrid buses, and one electric city bus. Overall, the simulation results indicate that plug-in hybrid and electric city buses have the best potential to reduce energy consumption and emissions. The capital and energy storage system costs of city buses are the most critical factors for improving the cost-efficiency of these alternative city bus configurations. Furthermore, the operation schedule and route planning are important to take into account when selecting hybrid and electric city buses for fleet operation.     

Grand challenges for high-speed rail environmental assessment in the United States

The comprehensiveness of environmental assessments of future long-distance travel that include high-speed rail (HSR) are constrained by several methodological, institutional, and knowledge gaps that must and can be addressed. These gaps preclude a robust understanding of the changes in environmental, human health, resource, and climate change impacts that result from the implementation of HSR in the United States. The gaps are also inimical to an understanding of how HSR can be positioned for 21st century sustainability goals. Through a synthesis of environmental studies, the gaps are grouped into five overarching grand challenges. They include a spatial incompatibility between HSR and other long-distance modes that is often ignored, an environmental review process that obviates modal alternatives, siloed interest in particular environmental impacts, a dearth of data on future vehicle and energy sources, and a poor understanding of secondary impacts, particularly in land use. Recommendations are developed for institutional investment in multimodal research, knowledge and method building around several topics. Ultimately, the environmental assessment of HSR should be integrated in assessments that seek to understand the complementary and competitive configurations of transportation services, as well as future accessibility.     

海事管理专业毕业生就业对策探讨

本文结合海事管理专业的培养方向,分析了海事管理专业毕业生存在的就业问题,提出了加快课程改革,创新教学模式;以生为本,强化学生的在校过程教育;加强校企"订单"培养,走产学结合发展道路;以就业为导向,明确培养方向,拓宽就业渠道等一教训应对策略。     

机动车维修行业员工思想工作及其对策

文章结合机动车维修行业的用工实际,分析当前影响该行业员工思想不稳定的因素以及队伍不稳定对汽修经营企业的影响,从管理角度提出稳定员工队伍的措施与对策,对稳定员工、降低企业经营成本、降低管理难度以及稳定业务、确保维修质量等有重要意义。     

Closed-loop Inventory Routing Problem for returnable transport items

Increasing concerns on supply chain sustainability have given birth to the concept of closed-loop supply chain. Closed-loop supply chains include the return processes besides forward flows to recover the value from the customers or end-users. Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) systems ensure collaborative relationships between a vendor and a set of customers. In such systems, the vendor takes on the responsibility of product deliveries and inventory management at customers. Product deliveries also include reverse flows of returnable transport items. The execution of the VMI policy requires vendor to deal with a Closed-loop Inventory Routing Problem (CIRP) consisting of its own forward and backward routing decisions, and inventory decisions of customers. In CIRP literature, traditional assumptions of disregarding reverse logistic operations, knowing beforehand distribution costs between nodes and customers demand, and managing single product restrict the usage of the proposed models in current food logistics systems. From this point of view, the aim of this research is to enhance the traditional models for the CIRP to make them more useful for the decision makers in closed-loop supply chains. Therefore, we propose a probabilistic mixed-integer linear programming model for the CIRP that accounts for forward and reverse logistics operations, explicit fuel consumption, demand uncertainty and multiple products. A case study on the distribution operations of a soft drink company shows the applicability of the model to a real-life problem. The results suggest that the proposed model can achieve significant savings in total cost and thus offers better support to decision makers.     

Suitability of Decision-Theoretic Models to Public Policy Issues Concerning the Provision of Shoreline Stabilization and Hazard Management

This article examines the suitability and potential advances of decision-theoretic models from finance regarding investment decisions in shoreline stabilization projects. A set of scenarios represents the dynamics of the decision-state facing the planner and identifies factors that should be incorporated into the decision-making process. It is shown that decision models from finance can account for the risk and uncertainty inherent in shoreline stabilization projects, potentially suggest improvements and refinements to presently used cost-benefit analysis procedures, and offer new tools that can aid in decisions concerning provision of shoreline stabilization. The outcomes of these scenarios justify better planning and control of existing and future building, and that of poststorm policies. Lastly, these models allow us to explore the range of our understanding of coastal processes and interactions with shoreline stabilization projects and can identify new and useful data needed in coastal management and hazard management decisions.     

我国新能源汽车零部件发展必须解决7大问题

在政府主导下的新能源汽车发展热潮中，我国新能源汽车零部件受整车带动，技术水平得到一定提升，市场规模得以扩大，产业化取得一定进展。文章指出，我国新能源汽车总体上与国际先进水平仍有一定差距，特别是在关键材料和零部件的配套能力方面、关键技术的研发水平以及整车的性能等方面有待于进一步提高。为使新能源汽车零部件得到又好又快发展，必须着手解决7大问题。政府应加大支持力度，调动各方面积极性，在最短的时间内实现我国新能源汽车的跨越式发展。     

信号安全管理辅助决策系统的作用

简要介绍信号专家系统的作用和特点,说明信号安全管理辅助决策系统的基本结构,对主要查询功能用图例方式进行说明。最后介绍软件的统计、分析管理功能。     

关注铁路产品过程能力风险 提高质量管理体系有效性和效率

论述了关注铁路产品过程能力风险的必要性,主张在过程能力管理中积极应用过程能力指数方法,准确理解确认过程中为过程的评审和批准所规定的准则,扩展确认过程的范围,通过强化过程能力管理,提高质量管理体系的有效性和效率。     

钩打系统远程管理软件的研究与开发

钩计划传输打印控制系统是编组站综合自动化系统的一个重要组成部分，其主要功能是实现钩计划及相关信息在异型网络上的传输。着重分析的是钩计划传输打印控制系统远程管理软件。此软件按其实现功能主要包含系统IP地址设置和探测、逻辑端口和物理端口的映射管理、各端口独立的打印机配置、初始化参数4大模块。在此对4大功能模块进行详细的分析和说明。