Dynamic capacity expansion for a service firm with capacity deterioration and supply uncertainty

Operations Research

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 82-93

  Xiuli, Chao ^a,b   Hong, Chen ^c   Shaohui, Zheng ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b Tsinghua University   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Base stock policy; Capacity expansion; Future contracts; Stochastic order; Submodularity

Indexed keywords

BASE-STOCK POLICY; CAPACITY EXPANSION; FUTURE CONTRACTS; STOCHASTIC ORDER; SUBMODULARITY;

COMPETITION; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DETERIORATION; INNOVATION; OBSOLESCENCE; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

EXPANSION;

EID: 61449154389     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1080.0522     Document Type: Article

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