Double precision rational approximation algorithm for the inverse standard normal first order loss function

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 219, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1375-1382

  De Schrijver, Steven K ^a,b   Aghezzaf, El Houssaine ^a   Vanmaele, Hendrik ^a,b  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b MÖBIUS Business Redesign ^*  (Belgium)

Author keywords

Inventory system; Loss function; Normal distribution; Normal integral; Rational approximation; Repeated integrals

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY SYSTEMS; LOSS FUNCTIONS; NORMAL INTEGRAL; RATIONAL APPROXIMATIONS; REPEATED INTEGRALS;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; INVENTORY CONTROL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION;

CHAOS THEORY;

EID: 84867332820     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2012.07.011     Document Type: Article

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