Optimal pair-trading strategy over long/short/square positions—empirical study

Suzuki [Automatica, 2016, 67, 33–45] solves the optimal, finitely iterative, three-regime switching problem for investing in a mean-reverting asset that follows an Ornstein–Uhlenbeck price process and find explicit solutions. The remarkable feature of this model is that the investor can explicitly take either a long, short or square position and can switch the position, with transaction costs, during the investment period. We run empirical simulations of such multiple-regime switching models. There are very few such attempts in the existing literature because it is difficult to find, first, an explicit solution to the problem and second, appropriate financial assets that follow the artificial stochastic process required by the mathematical model. According to the Monte Carlo simulations of the optimal pair-trading strategy, the mean daily Sharp ratio is more than 2.3, whereas the mean Sharp ratio for the historical simulation of the ‘stub’ pairs (combinations of parent/subsidiary companies) is 0.6886. We believe that the results obtained from performing the empirical simulations are remarkable and consider that the optimal switching strategy of the rigorous mathematical model is applicable to businesses in the real world. For the reference many pseudo-program codes are added, which can help to replicate the optimal trading strategies.     

Exploring business process modelling paradigms and design-time to run-time transitions

The business process management literature describes a multitude of approaches (e.g. imperative, declarative or event-driven) that each result in a different mix of process flexibility, compliance, effectiveness and efficiency. Although the use of a single approach over the process lifecycle is often assumed, transitions between approaches at different phases in the process lifecycle may also be considered. This article explores several business process strategies by analysing the approaches at different phases in the process lifecycle as well as the various transitions.     

钢铁生产物流工艺过程监测与控制系统设计与实现

文章运用生产物流管理的思想和方法,阐释钢铁生产物流工艺过程的特点、监控的问题和原因,提出建立物流仿真系统和物流自动化技术设计方案,有效实现钢铁生产物流工艺过程的监测与控制手段,对现代钢铁生产物流工艺过程的科学管理具有重要的指导价值。     

云南省老油房石灰岩大理石矿矿床特征及矿石工艺特征

在充分收集区域地质、野外调查和样品测试分析的基础上,系统地研究了云南省西畴县老油房石灰岩大理石矿的地质背景、成矿条件、矿床特征及矿石的工艺特征。结果表明该矿区矿体产状稳定,成层状产出;品种为灰色生物灰岩大理石,矿石体重适中;吸水率低,抗风化能力强;莫氏硬度较低,便于切割分离;耐磨率适中,便于打磨抛光;抗压、抗折、抗剪强度满足饰面石材工业技术指标要求;荒料率、板材率明显高于国家标准,适宜开采;可为大理石矿的勘查、开采、加工等方面工作提供参考。     

服装三维与试衣软件系统的研究

本论文通过对几款服装三维试衣软件和在线试衣软件进行试用,同时对软件的基本功能进行对比研究,结合一些使用客户的评价,从客户的角度提出软件在功能方面存在的问题以及改进意见。     

常熟市道路交叉口设计方案

城市道路交叉路口是保证城市通行能力的要塞。本文通过重置行车道,调整绿信比、设置导流岛等方式试图缓解部分路段目前交叉路口的交通压力。     

Optimal harvesting of a spatial renewable resource

In this paper we investigate the optimal harvesting of a renewable natural resource. While in most standard approaches the resource is located at a single point, we allow the resource to be distributed spatially. Consequently, an agent who exploits the resource has to travel from one location to another. For a fixed planning horizon, we investigate the speed and the path of harvesting chosen by the agent. We show that the agent adjusts this speed so as to visit each location only once, even in the absence of travelling cost. Since the agent does not return to any location for a second harvest, it is optimal to fully deplete the resource upon arrival. A similar type of bang–bang solution results when we drop the assumption of a constant harvesting rate: allowing for a variable harvesting rate, the agent chooses to fully exploit the resource either in the last or in the first travelling period. A society interested in conserving some of the resource thus has to take measures to limit the exploitative behaviour of the agent.     

Relational and Process Multiplexity in Vertical Supply Chain Triads: An Exploration in the U.S. Restaurant Industry

Both supply chain relationships and process connections between organizational units have been studied in business research, to enhance the understanding of supply chain integration, and to explore the differential outcomes of both types of connections for business and functional performance. However, the extant research remains deficient in two ways: within individual studies, researchers have operationalized supply chain connectivity unidimensionally, with the concept of connectivity constrained to either social relations or operational/process ties while disregarding the other viewpoint. Additionally, researchers have persistently designed studies to evaluate dyadic structures, while foregoing the larger, more intricate structures representative of complex supply chains. We address these issues by modeling supply chain connectivity as having multiple relational‐ and process‐based threads comprising linkages, and by empirically testing a set of theorized relationships describing vertical triadic supply chain networks (manufacturer, broker, retailer) within the U.S. restaurant industry. We find that increased supply chain connectivity improves chain performance, but this improvement is more directly attributable to process‐based linkages than relational linkages, which impact performance only through the process mediator variable, suggesting that current theories of interorganizational relationalism may lack complete conceptualization. Implications of these findings for managers and the academy are highlighted, and areas of follow‐on research are discussed.     

“前置式过程交叉型”网络化论文指导模式研究——以上海市某高校工商管理专业自考生论文指导为例

网络化论文指导模式是信息化时代成人教育中论文指导的趋势。如何发挥网络指导论文写作模式的优势,避免其劣势,是这一模式需要解决的问题。针对该模式目前存在问题,提出了前置式的论文质量控制模式。     

辅助生产计划成本分配法教学改进小议

辅助生产计划成本分配法在教学过程中往往出现学生困惑重重无法理解,而教师是努力解释却又无法解释清楚的困境。因此,在不考虑反映和考核辅助生产车间业绩的情况下,教师可以重新对计划成本分配法厘清思路,不需要交互分配,只需将生产费用按计划分配率根据外部各受益对象的实际耗用量直接分配,简化核算又不影响最终分配结果,使学生较快理解和掌握。