Inventory models with unreliable suppliers in a random environment

DOI10.1023/A:1018937420735zbMath0970.90005OpenAlexW1507191877MaRDI QIDQ1819275

Mahmut Parlar, Süleyman Özekici

Publication date: 11 January 2000

Published in: Annals of Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1023/a:1018937420735

zbMATH Keywords

dynamic programmingMarkov chainrandom environment\((s,S)\) policysupply uncertaintybase-stockinfinite-horizon periodic-review inventory modelsproduction systems with unreliable machinesstock-flow equationsunreliable suppliers

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inventory, storage, reservoirs (90B05) Dynamic programming (90C39) Markov and semi-Markov decision processes (90C40)

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