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In this paper, we use a Markov decision process (MDP) to model the joint inventory-promotion decision problem. The state variable of the MDP represents the demand state brought about by changing environmental factors as well as promotion decisions. The demand state in a period determines the...
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Business environments change over time. They are cyclic, show seasonality or just evolve over time. This is certainly true for customer demand. As a result, stationary demand distributions are crude approximations of true customer behavior at best. Yet, most classical stochastic inventory models...
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This paper is concerned with a generalization of classical inventory models (with fixed ordering costs) that exhibit (s, S) policies. In our model, the distribution of demands in successive periods is dependent on a Markov chain. The model includes the case of cyclic or seasonal demand. The...
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I INTRODUCTION -- II DISCOUNTED COST MODELS -- Discounted Cost Models with Backorders -- Discount Cost Models with Polynomially Growing Surplus Cost -- Discounted Cost Models with Lost Sales -- III AVERAGE COST MODELS -- Average Cost Models with Backorders -- Average Cost Models with...
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