Bayesian demand updating in the lost sales newsvendor problem: A two-moment approximation

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 256-281

  Berk, Emre ^a   Gürler, Ülkü ^a   Levine, Richard A ^b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian; Censoring; Inventory; Lost sales; Newsboy

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMPUTATION THEORY; NUMERICAL METHODS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SALES;

CENSORING; DEMAND DISTRIBUTIONS; LOST SALES; NUMERICAL STUDIES;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 34147170441     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.08.035     Document Type: Article

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