A dynamic-programming approach to continuous-review obsolescent inventory problems

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 44, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 757-774

  David, Israel ^a   Greenshtein, Eitan ^a   Mehrez, Avraham ^a  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

FAILURE DISTRIBUTIONS; OBSOLESCENCE PROBLEM;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 0031382545     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6750(199712)44:8<757::AID-NAV4>3.0.CO;2-9     Document Type: Article

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