A periodic-review inventory model in a fluctuating environment

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 356-366

  Papachristos, S ^a   Katsaros, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Fluctuating environment; Inventory; Stochastic ordering; Variable capacity

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RANDOM VARIABLES;

FLUCTUATING ENVIRONMENT; STOCHASTIC ORDERING; VARIABLE CAPACITY;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 38049095689     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170701488045     Document Type: Conference Paper

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