Optimization of (s, S) Inventory Systems with Random Lead Times and a Service Level Constraint

DOI10.1287/mnsc.44.12.S243zbMath0989.90004OpenAlexW2114553080MaRDI QIDQ2784110

Sridhar Bashyam, Michael C. Fu

Publication date: 1998

Published in: Management Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.44.12.s243

zbMATH Keywords

perturbation analysisservice level constraintrandom lead times\((s,S)\) inventory systemsconstrained simulation optimizationfeasible directions search

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Sensitivity, stability, parametric optimization (90C31) Inventory, storage, reservoirs (90B05)

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