A stochastic perishable inventory system with random supply quantity

International Journal of Information and Management Sciences

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 317-334

  Manuel, Paul ^a   Lawrence, A Shophia ^b   Arivarignan, G ^b  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Matrix geometric solution; Modified (s, S) policy; Perishable items; Positive lead time; Stochastic inventory system

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

MATRIX GEOMETRIC SOLUTION; PERISHABLE ITEMS; STOCHASTIC INVENTORY SYSTEM;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 37149048302     PISSN: 10171819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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