B. Wagle
EJOR
The paper presents the deterministic finite time horizon inventory lot size model, without backlogs and with no lead time, for a single commodity, with some specified markets. The specified markets are represented by the family b(t)=ktr of demand functions where k>0, r>-2 are known parameters and t stands for time, 0<t0≤t≤T. The strict positivity of t0. compared to the restrictive condition t0=0 which has been already solved, is crucial and implies entirely different analytical techniques. An important special case is the affine function (r = 1) partly treated already by Donaldson [3]. The problem is to find the optimal schedule of replenishments, i.e., the number and timings of orders. The problem is completely resolved (compared to a recent heuristic by Silver [8]) and the solution is given in a closed form and is proven to be unique. Numerical examples are provided. © 1981.
B. Wagle
EJOR
Matthias Kaiserswerth
IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking
Oliver Bodemer
IBM J. Res. Dev
Michael C. McCord, Violetta Cavalli-Sforza
ACL 2007