Agents attempt to maximize expected profits earned by selling multiple units of a perishable product where their revenue streams are affected by the prices they quote as well as the distribution of other prices quoted in the market by other agents. We propose a model which captures this...

1 Introduction -- I Foundations of Stochastic Inventory Control -- 2 Basic Inventory Management -- 3 Stochastic Inventory Control -- II Essential Stochastic Processes -- 4 Markov Chains -- 5 Numerical Solution of Markov Chains -- 6 Comparing Stochastic Processes -- III Stochastic Inventory...

Supply contracts often specify the quantity of inventory for shipments where retailers are liable to pay for ordering costs if order quantity exceeds the contracted size. We analyze a periodic review system where the firm manages its demand that are reserved with a one-period leadtime together...