Optimal inventory decisions in a multiperiod newsvendor problem with partially observed Markovian supply capacities

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 502-517

  Wang, Haifeng ^a,b   Chen, Bocheng ^a,b   Yan, Houmin ^a,b  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Capacity learning; Inventory planning and control; Markovian process; Partial information

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY INFORMATION; CAPACITY LEARNING; INVENTORY DECISIONS; INVENTORY PLANNING AND CONTROL; MARKOVIAN; MARKOVIAN PROCESS; MULTI-PERIOD; NEWSVENDOR PROBLEM; OPTIMAL ORDER QUANTITY; OPTIMAL ORDERING POLICY; ORDER QUANTITY; ORDERING QUANTITY; PARTIAL INFORMATION; SUPPLY CAPACITY;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; SALES; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

PROCESS CONTROL;

EID: 70349929045     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2009.05.042     Document Type: Article

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