Hedging point policies remain optimal under limited backlog and inventory space

IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1863-1869

  Martinelli, Francesco ^a   Valigi, Paolo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; CONTROL SYSTEM ANALYSIS; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INVENTORY CONTROL; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; THEOREM PROVING;

BOUNDED INVENTORY; HEDGING POINT POLICIES; MACHINE PRODUCTION SYSTEM; OPTIMAL SAFETY STOCK; UNRELIABLE MACHINE;

OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 7244248999     PISSN: 00189286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TAC.2004.835592     Document Type: Article

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