Inventory models with Markovian demands and cost functions of polynomial growth

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications

Volumn 98, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 281-323

  Beyer, D ^a   Sethi, S P ^b   Taksar, M ^c  

^a HEWLETT PACKARD LABORATORIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

(s, S) policy; Cyclic demand; Dynamic inventory models; Dynamic programming; Finite horizon; Infinite horizon; Markov chains

Indexed keywords

COST FUNCTIONS; COSTS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; INVENTORY CONTROL; MARKOV PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

(S, S)-POLICY; CYCLIC DEMAND; DYNAMIC INVENTORY MODEL; FINITE HORIZONS; INFINITE HORIZONS; INVENTORY MODELING; LOWER SEMICONTINUOUS; MARKOVIAN; ORDERING COST; POLYNOMIAL GROWTHS;

STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032372097     PISSN: 00223239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022633400174     Document Type: Article

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