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Foundations of Inventory Management
Paul Zipkin
- 24 Jan 2000
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TL;DR: In this article, one item with a constant demand rate and time-varying demands is described. But, the model is based on a single item with constant lead times.
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Abstract: 1 General Introduction2 Systems and Models3 One Item with a Constant Demand Rate4 Time-Varying Demands5 Several Products and Locations6 Stochastic Demand: One Item with Constant Leadtimes7 Stochastic Leadtimes: The Structure of the Supply System8 Several Items with Stochastic Demands9 Time-Varying, Stochastic Demand: Policy Optimization Bibliography Appendix A: Optimization and Convexity Appendix B: Dynamical Systems Appendix C: Probability and Stochastic Processes Appendix D: Notational Conventions
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