Life cycle inventory policy characterizations for a single-product recoverable system

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 51-61

  Ahiska, S Sebnem ^a   King, Russell E ^b  

^a GALATASARAY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Markov decision analysis; Policy characterization; Product life cycle; Recoverable system; Remanufacturing; Stochastic inventory control

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY POLICIES; LIFE CYCLE INVENTORY; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MARKOV DECISION; MARKOV DECISION ANALYSIS; NEAR-OPTIMAL POLICIES; OPTIMAL POLICIES; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLES; REMANUFACTURABLE PRODUCTS; SETUP COSTS; STOCHASTIC INVENTORY;

CHARACTERIZATION; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; INVENTORY CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 74549124805     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2009.08.033     Document Type: Article

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