Procurement of prescribed sizes: A Markovian approach

DOI10.1016/0377-2217(93)90264-NMaRDI QIDQ1319552zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors David John Robb

Publication date 12 April 1994

Published in European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0377-2217(93)90264-n

zbMATH Keywords

Markov processesoptimal allocationexcess inventoryexpected item shortages

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inventory, storage, reservoirs (90B05)

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• scientific article; zbMATH DE number 3291629 (Why is no real title available?)
• Stocking of Prescribed Sizes of an Item
• Technical Note—On the Optimal Choice of Sizes

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