An optimal production and shutdown strategy when a supplier offers an incentive program

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 130-143

  Chao, Xiuli ^a   Chen, Frank Y ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Continuous review inventory systems; Incentive program; Markov decision processes; Optimal production strategy

Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS-REVIEW INVENTORY SYSTEMS; INCENTIVE PROGRAMS; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; OPTIMAL PRODUCTION STRATEGIES;

MARKETING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

PRODUCTION ENGINEERING;

EID: 25444458659     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1040.0066     Document Type: Article

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