An important difference between both manufacturing and wholesaling vs. retail is the information available concerning inventory. Typically, far less information characterizes retail. Here, an extreme environment of information shortfall is examined. The environment is technically termed...

We consider serving moving customers that follow a structured route through a system. Demand for resources by these customers occurs during their time in the system and is met at discrete points. Demand can be probabilistic and multiple service attempts may be desired as customers move through...