Return periods calculated for different environmental conditions are key parameters for ocean platform design.Many codes for offshore structure design give no consideration about the correlativity among multi-loads an...Return periods calculated for different environmental conditions are key parameters for ocean platform design.Many codes for offshore structure design give no consideration about the correlativity among multi-loads and over-estimate design values.This frequently leads to not only higher investment but also distortion of structural reliability analysis.The definition of design return period in existing codes and industry criteria in China are summarized.Then joint return periods of different ocean environmental parameters are determined from the view of service term and danger risk.Based on a bivariate equivalent maximum entropy distribution,joint design parameters are estimated for the concomitant wave height and wind speed at a site in the Bohai Sea.The calculated results show that even if the return period of each environmental factor,such as wave height or wind speed,is small,their combinations can lead to larger joint return periods.Proper design criteria for joint return period associated with concomitant environmental conditions will reduce structural size and lead to lower investment of ocean platforms for the exploitation of marginal oil field.展开更多
Coalbed methane(CBM) commercial development requires choosing the arrangement of the wells.This should be done by considering the corresponding input-output(investment-profit) efficiencies.Simulations were obtained fr...Coalbed methane(CBM) commercial development requires choosing the arrangement of the wells.This should be done by considering the corresponding input-output(investment-profit) efficiencies.Simulations were obtained from the computer modeling group(CMG) given the reservoir conditions of the Panzhuang block in the southern part of the Qinshui Basin.This is a demonstration region for CBM development located in Shanxi province of northern China.The sensitivity of gas production from a single vertical well to the primary reservoir parameters was estimated first.Then multi-well gas production from three different well patterns was simulated to estimate the most appropriate well spacing.Combining the investment requirements then gave investment-profit efficiencies for these well patterns.A data envelopment analysis(DEA) model was used to optimize the efficiency.The results show that the permeability,the reservoir pressure,and the gas content have an evident impact on single well gas production.The desorption time has little or no affect on production.The equilateral triangular well pattern(ETWP) in a 400 m well spacing is,for multi-well development,the optimal pattern.It has a better input-output ratio,a longer stable yield time,and provides for greater CBM recovery than does either the rectangular well pattern(RWP) or the five point well pattern(FPWP).展开更多
This study examines the relative efficiency of the top 20 Indian public colleges that offer MBAs. These colleges were chosen from a list provided by Careers 360, a magazine in India known for its university rankings. ...This study examines the relative efficiency of the top 20 Indian public colleges that offer MBAs. These colleges were chosen from a list provided by Careers 360, a magazine in India known for its university rankings. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the colleges on an efficiency basis rather than on a total score ranking scale as is the common practice of most publications that rank universities or programs. The ranking method used in this study is based on data envelopment analysis (DEA), a nonparametric procedure for evaluating entities based upon examining inputs in relation to outputs achieved. The rankings using DEA were somewhat different than those given by Careers 360. The results of the DEA analysis of this study rank the universities that are the most efficient at getting students the best salaries and return on investment (ROI) based on the inputs of diversity, work experience, and residency. The authors conclude, as previous studies have shown, that DEA analysis is a useful and non-biased method of comparing university programs.展开更多
From the insurer's point of view, this paper studies the optimal investment and proportional reinsurance in the Sparre Andersen model. Under the criterion of maximizing the adjustment coefficient, the authors obtain ...From the insurer's point of view, this paper studies the optimal investment and proportional reinsurance in the Sparre Andersen model. Under the criterion of maximizing the adjustment coefficient, the authors obtain the closed form expressions of the optimal strategy and the maximal adjustment coefficient, and derive the explicit expression of the ruin probability or its lower bound when the claim sizes are exponentially distributed. Some numerical examples are presented, which show the impact of model parameters on the optimal values. It can also be seen that the optimal strategy to maximize the adjustment coefficient is sometimes equivalent to those which minimize the ruin probability.展开更多
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51279186)the National Program on Key Basic Research Project (2011CB013704)
文摘Return periods calculated for different environmental conditions are key parameters for ocean platform design.Many codes for offshore structure design give no consideration about the correlativity among multi-loads and over-estimate design values.This frequently leads to not only higher investment but also distortion of structural reliability analysis.The definition of design return period in existing codes and industry criteria in China are summarized.Then joint return periods of different ocean environmental parameters are determined from the view of service term and danger risk.Based on a bivariate equivalent maximum entropy distribution,joint design parameters are estimated for the concomitant wave height and wind speed at a site in the Bohai Sea.The calculated results show that even if the return period of each environmental factor,such as wave height or wind speed,is small,their combinations can lead to larger joint return periods.Proper design criteria for joint return period associated with concomitant environmental conditions will reduce structural size and lead to lower investment of ocean platforms for the exploitation of marginal oil field.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 40972207)the National Science and Technology Major Projects (No. 2011ZX05034-005)the PAPD of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions
文摘Coalbed methane(CBM) commercial development requires choosing the arrangement of the wells.This should be done by considering the corresponding input-output(investment-profit) efficiencies.Simulations were obtained from the computer modeling group(CMG) given the reservoir conditions of the Panzhuang block in the southern part of the Qinshui Basin.This is a demonstration region for CBM development located in Shanxi province of northern China.The sensitivity of gas production from a single vertical well to the primary reservoir parameters was estimated first.Then multi-well gas production from three different well patterns was simulated to estimate the most appropriate well spacing.Combining the investment requirements then gave investment-profit efficiencies for these well patterns.A data envelopment analysis(DEA) model was used to optimize the efficiency.The results show that the permeability,the reservoir pressure,and the gas content have an evident impact on single well gas production.The desorption time has little or no affect on production.The equilateral triangular well pattern(ETWP) in a 400 m well spacing is,for multi-well development,the optimal pattern.It has a better input-output ratio,a longer stable yield time,and provides for greater CBM recovery than does either the rectangular well pattern(RWP) or the five point well pattern(FPWP).
文摘This study examines the relative efficiency of the top 20 Indian public colleges that offer MBAs. These colleges were chosen from a list provided by Careers 360, a magazine in India known for its university rankings. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the colleges on an efficiency basis rather than on a total score ranking scale as is the common practice of most publications that rank universities or programs. The ranking method used in this study is based on data envelopment analysis (DEA), a nonparametric procedure for evaluating entities based upon examining inputs in relation to outputs achieved. The rankings using DEA were somewhat different than those given by Careers 360. The results of the DEA analysis of this study rank the universities that are the most efficient at getting students the best salaries and return on investment (ROI) based on the inputs of diversity, work experience, and residency. The authors conclude, as previous studies have shown, that DEA analysis is a useful and non-biased method of comparing university programs.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No.11101215the Natural Science Foundation of the Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions of China under Grant No. 09KJB110004
文摘From the insurer's point of view, this paper studies the optimal investment and proportional reinsurance in the Sparre Andersen model. Under the criterion of maximizing the adjustment coefficient, the authors obtain the closed form expressions of the optimal strategy and the maximal adjustment coefficient, and derive the explicit expression of the ruin probability or its lower bound when the claim sizes are exponentially distributed. Some numerical examples are presented, which show the impact of model parameters on the optimal values. It can also be seen that the optimal strategy to maximize the adjustment coefficient is sometimes equivalent to those which minimize the ruin probability.