Optimality of state-dependent (s, S) policies in inventory models with Markov-modulated demand and lost sales

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 183-192

  Cheng, Feng ^a   Sethi, Suresh P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

(s, S) policy; Dynamic inventory model; Lost sales; Markov chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 0039034212     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.1999.tb00369.x     Document Type: Article

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