Computationally simple and unified approach to finite-and infinite-horizon Clark-Scarf inventory model

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 207-219

  Sinha, Charu ^a   Sobel, Matthew J ^b   Babich, Volodymyr ^c  

^a CHAPMAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory policies; MDP; multi echelon serial system; myopic optimal policies; salvage value function

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY POLICIES; MDP; MULTIECHELON; OPTIMAL POLICIES; VALUE FUNCTIONS;

COSTS; INVENTORY CONTROL;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 78651289543     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2010.523766     Document Type: Article

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