2012年5月29日，美国罗格斯大学工业和系统工程系David W. Coit教授，应管理与经济学院崔利荣教授之邀，来必威·BETWAY做 “System Reliability and Component Replacement Analysis for Electricity Transmission/Distribution Systems” 的学术报告。

    Coit教授在报告中，介绍了其最新研究成果——基于可靠性理论的复杂电网的维修及更换策略的求解问题。其中，Coit教授重点讲述了如何运用运筹学知识建立数学模型，特别是综合动态规划与整数规划方法，优化了在维修费用约束下的电网系统的可靠性问题。首先， Coit教授利用动态规划方法求解系统中各个部件的更换策略及更换成本。然后，他结合线性整数规划方法求解系统的最有维修策略。Coit教授指出，该方法使用可推广到多种维修策略模型。Coit教授给大家上了一堂“活用”运筹学知识解决实际问题的课。

    最后，针对与会同学的提问，Coit教授进行了详细的解答。特别是，对于同学们提出的关于如何把所学专业知识与未来职业规划相结合的问题，Coit教授给出了诸多建议。

    会后，Coit教授与大家合影留念。

报告人简介：
    David W. Coit is a Professor in the Department of Industrial & Systems Engineering at Rutgers University. His current research involves system reliability modeling and optimization, risk analysis, and multi-criteria optimization considering uncertainty. He received a BS degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University, an MBA from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and MS and PhD in industrial engineering from the University of Pittsburgh. He also has over ten years of experience working for IIT Research Institute (IITRI), Rome NY, where he was a reliability analyst, project manager, and engineering group manager. In 1999, he was awarded a CAREER grant from NSF to develop new reliability optimization algorithms. In 2010, he was awarded a NSF grant to study the integration of quality and reliability models for evolving technologies. In 2008, he was an instructor at the System Reliability Workshop sponsored by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and held at Beihang University, Beijing, China. He also has been funded by U.S. Navy, industry, and power utilities. He is a member of IIE and INFORMS.

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