Periodic review inventory model with demand influenced by promotion decisions

Management Science

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1510-1523

  Cheng, Feng ^a   Sethi, Suresh P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MARKETING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROCESS ENGINEERING; PURCHASING;

BASE-STOCK POLICY; FINITE HORIZONS; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES (MDP); PERIODIC REVIEW INVENTORY MODELS; PROMOTION DECISIONS; THRESHOLD POLICY;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 0033358330     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.45.11.1510     Document Type: Article

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