Approximate solutions for a stochastic lot-sizing problem with partial customer-order information

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 150, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 163-180

  Dellaert, N P ^a   Melo, M T ^b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR INDUSTRIAL MATHEMATICS ITWM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Stochastic lot sizing

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; MARKOV PROCESSES; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0038580646     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00488-5     Document Type: Conference Paper

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