An infinite horizon inventory model with periodic order commitment

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 146, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 52-66

  Cheung, Ki Ling ^a   Yuan, Xue Ming ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (China)

Author keywords

GI M 1 queue; Infinite horizon; Inventory model; Markov chain

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MARKOV PROCESSES;

INFINITE HORIZON;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0037375251     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00226-6     Document Type: Article

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