On the Optimality of $(s,S)$-Policies in Dynamic Inventory Models with Finite Horizon

DOI10.1137/0130048zbMath0333.90015OpenAlexW2089272597WikidataQ114847192 ScholiaQ114847192MaRDI QIDQ4099399

Manfred Schäl

Publication date: 1976

Published in: SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1137/0130048

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inventory, storage, reservoirs (90B05) Applications of queueing theory (congestion, allocation, storage, traffic, etc.) (60K30) Mathematical programming (90C99) Hamilton-Jacobi theories (49L99)

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