Optimal policies and approximations for a Bayesian linear regression inventory model

Management Science

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 813-826

  Azoury, Katy S ^a   Miyaoka, Julia ^a  

^a SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximations heuristics; Bayesian regression; Inventory production; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATIONS HEURISTICS; BASE STOCK POLICY; BAYESIAN; BAYESIAN FORMULATION; BAYESIAN REGRESSION; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; INVENTORY MODELS; INVENTORY PROBLEM; INVENTORY PRODUCTION; NUMERICAL EVALUATIONS; OPTIMAL POLICIES; OPTIMAL RESULTS; PERIODIC REVIEW; REGRESSION PARAMETERS; STATE-DEPENDENT;

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 67649974131     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1080.0980     Document Type: Article

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