Using imperfect advance demand information in production-inventory systems with multiple customer classes

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 128-143

  Gayon, Jean Philippe ^a   Benjaafar, Saif ^b   De Véricourt, Francis ^c  

^a LABORATOIRE G SCOP   (France)

^b University of Minnesota   (United States)

^c EUROPEAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Advance demand information; Inventory rationing; Make to stock queues; Markov decision process; Production inventory systems

Indexed keywords

ADVANCE DEMAND INFORMATION; INVENTORY RATIONING; MAKE-TO-STOCK QUEUES; MARKOV DECISION PROCESS; PRODUCTION-INVENTORY SYSTEMS;

INVENTORY CONTROL; MARKOV PROCESSES; OPTIMIZATION; SALES;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

EID: 67649992226     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: 15265498     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.1070.0201     Document Type: Article

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