Inventory problems with partially observed demands and lost sales

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 321-340

  Bensoussan, A ^a   Cakanyildirim M ^a   Minjarez Sosa J A ^a   Royal, A ^a   Sethi, S P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bayesian update; Inventory control; Lost sales; Markovian demand; Partially observed demand

Indexed keywords

EQUATIONS OF STATE; MARKOV PROCESSES; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; SALES;

BAYESIAN; BAYESIAN UPDATE; DEMAND DISTRIBUTION; INVENTORY LEVELS; INVENTORY PROBLEM; LOST SALE; MARKOVIAN; MARKOVIAN DEMAND; MULTI-PERIOD; PARTIALLY OBSERVED DEMAND;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 39749084579     PISSN: 00223239     EISSN: 15732878     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10957-007-9311-0     Document Type: Article

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