Implementing product platforms in the global enterprise: Lessons from an LED industry leader

Product platforming—using technology subsystems or components that are shared within and across product lines—is a proven way to increase the effectiveness of innovation processes in established companies and startups alike. Yet, embracing the product platforming strategy turns out to be difficult in practice, particularly within the context of global, diversified companies. In this article, we examine the strategies and challenges of implementing product platforms across multiple business segments and multiple geographies. Using the experience of global LED industry leader Signify, we explore the challenges of global platforming and the technological, organizational, management process transformations needed for success. We also examine how platforming strategies change as manufacturers enter the world of connected things.     

Fast and accurate yearly time series forecasting with forecast combinations

It has long been known that combination forecasting strategies produce superior out-of-sample forecasting performances. In the M4 forecasting competition, a very simple forecast combination strategy achieved third place on yearly time series. An analysis of the ensemble model and its component models suggests that the competitive accuracy comes from avoiding poor forecasts, rather than from beating the best individual models. Moreover, the simple ensemble model can be fitted very quickly, can easily scale horizontally with additional CPU cores or a cluster of computers, and can be implemented by users very quickly and easily. This approach might be of particular interest to users who need accurate yearly forecasts without being able to spend significant time, resources, or expertise on tuning models. Users of the R statistical programming language can access this modeling approach using the “forecastHybrid” package.     

基于软件无线电的中频数字化直扩系统的设计与实现

本文根据直接序列扩频原理,给出了一种基于软件无线电思想的中频数字化直扩系统的设计方案,并采用可编程数字器件实现。实验结果表明该方法达到了设计要求,并具有良好的通用性和灵活性。     

数字化可编程直接序列扩频(DP-DS/SS)系统的设计

本文介绍了一种数字化可编程直接序列扩频(DP-DS/SS)系统的设计方案,借鉴了软件无线电的思想,基于FPGA DSP的结构实现数字化可编程功能,采用动态配置技术实现多模式工作。一些关键技术的研究使系统具有较强的适应性,部分应用结果表明该系统可以很好地应用于移动卫星通信和直扩抗干扰通信。     

一个基于软件无线电的智能天线接收系统

智能天线技术是第三代移动通信中的核心技术之一,最初主要应用于雷达和军用抗干扰通信。随着软件无线电技术的发展,采用全数字处理,在基带通过对接收和发送信号的波束赋形,可以极大提高无线通信系统的容量和抗干扰能力。文中在讨论智能天线的基本原理和设计思路的基础上,提出并实现了一个适于扩频通信的智能天线接收系统。系统硬件平台的搭建以及固定波束形成的实现,为以后的软件算法的性能评估打下了基础。     

一种通用数字中频正交扩频调制器的实现

提出了一种适应于宽带扩频通信系统的数字中频调制的实现方案,它基于正交调制、DDS、数字上变频和数字内插等技术,采用通用硬件平台,可以生成多种中频调制信号,可广泛用于数字化扩频通信电台、宽带CDMA、软件无线电、遥控遥测等通信系统中。     

How many pirates should a software firm tolerate?: An analysis of piracy protection on the diffusion of software

This paper examines the relationship between the rate of software diffusion and piracy. Literature suggests that tolerating some piracy can be justified since it speeds up software diffusion. The question is, how much should be tolerated? Using innovation diffusion models of software adoption by legal buyers and pirates, answers to this question are obtained for the three scenarios of monopoly, multiple generations of software and competitive markets. Results include, for example, that a monopoly should start with minimum protection of its software but well before the product has diffused half way, impose maximum protection and maintain it thereafter. The results provide important strategic guidelines for firms in the software industry for managing piracy.     

虚拟式直接序列扩频通信电台的研究

文中提出的虚拟式直接序列扩频通信电台将直接序列扩频通信、软件无线电和虚拟技术相结合。使用虚拟技术，系统具有易于实现、开发快捷、性能改进灵活、容易与其它应用结合、有利于新标准的推广等优点。文中论述了虚拟式直接序列扩频通信电台原理，包括发射方、接收方的结构和多址通信的原理，并详细讨论了电台实现硬件和软件情况，最后进行了计算机模拟仿真，结果令人满意。     

基于目的分支的软件配置管理模型

从软件配置管理应用中版本控制常面临的问题出发,与传统软件配置管理分支模型比较,说明基于目的分支的软件配置管理模型能更好地支持并行软件开发和软件发布控制。     

Platform selection by software developers: Theory and evidence

This paper analyzes platform selection (affiliation) by game developers in the Japanese home video game industry. We develop an elementary model of affiliation by software developers and propose the hypothesis that wider availability of game titles for a platform positively inclines game developers to affiliate with that platform when releasing new game titles. Then, using data for Japan, we estimate a multinomial logit model that includes both the attributes of game developers and the characteristics of platforms, and find evidence supporting this hypothesis. Overall, the findings suggest that game developers expect the indirect network effect to apply, and the prospect of future growth matters to them when deciding with which platform to affiliate.