Application of Average Dynamic Programming to Inventory Systems

Mathematical Methods of Operations Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 451-471

  Vega Amaya, Oscar ^a   Montes De Oca, Raúl ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SONORA   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE QUÍMICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Average cost; Discrete time Markov control processes; Dynamic programming; Inventory systems; Unbounded costs and controls

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MARKOV PROCESSES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PUBLIC POLICY;

AVERAGE COSTS; DISCRETE TIME MARKOV CONTROL PROCESSES; INVENTORY SYSTEMS; UNBOUNDED COSTS;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0031642194     PISSN: 14322994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01198405     Document Type: Article

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