A production-inventory system with both patient and impatient demand classes

IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 148-159

  Benjaafar, Saif ^a   Elhafsi, Mohsen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory rationing; Make to stock queues; Markov decision processes; Multiple demand classes; Optimal control; Production inventory systems

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY RATIONING; MAKE-TO-STOCK QUEUES; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; MULTIPLE DEMAND CLASS; OPTIMAL CONTROLS; PRODUCTION INVENTORY SYSTEM;

COSTS; INVENTORY CONTROL; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; SALES;

STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84855355660     PISSN: 15455955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TASE.2011.2158645     Document Type: Article

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