A Markovian inventory system with random shelf time and back orders

In this paper we consider an inventory system in which the demands occur according to a Markovian arrival process (MAP). The items in the inventory have shelf times that are assumed to follow an exponential distribution. The inventory is replenished according to an (s, S) policy and the replenishing...

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Main Authors: CHAKRAVARTHY, S, DANIEL, J
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Published: 2004
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description In this paper we consider an inventory system in which the demands occur according to a Markovian arrival process (MAP). The items in the inventory have shelf times that are assumed to follow an exponential distribution. The inventory is replenished according to an (s, S) policy and the replenishing times are assumed to follow a phase type distribution. Back orders of demands are allowed up to a certain level. Using matrix analytic methods we perform the steady state analysis of the inventory model. We also show that the reorder process can be modelled as a MAP. An optimization problem is proposed and several interesting numerical examples are presented. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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spelling mmu-24242011-08-22T02:43:15Z http://shdl.mmu.edu.my/2424/ A Markovian inventory system with random shelf time and back orders CHAKRAVARTHY, S DANIEL, J QA75.5-76.95 Electronic computers. Computer science In this paper we consider an inventory system in which the demands occur according to a Markovian arrival process (MAP). The items in the inventory have shelf times that are assumed to follow an exponential distribution. The inventory is replenished according to an (s, S) policy and the replenishing times are assumed to follow a phase type distribution. Back orders of demands are allowed up to a certain level. Using matrix analytic methods we perform the steady state analysis of the inventory model. We also show that the reorder process can be modelled as a MAP. An optimization problem is proposed and several interesting numerical examples are presented. (C) 2004 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 2004-12 Article NonPeerReviewed CHAKRAVARTHY, S and DANIEL, J (2004) A Markovian inventory system with random shelf time and back orders. Computers & Industrial Engineering, 47 (4). pp. 315-337. ISSN 03608352 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cie.2004.08.003 doi:10.1016/j.cie.2004.08.003 doi:10.1016/j.cie.2004.08.003
spellingShingle QA75.5-76.95 Electronic computers. Computer science
CHAKRAVARTHY, S
DANIEL, J
A Markovian inventory system with random shelf time and back orders
title A Markovian inventory system with random shelf time and back orders
title_full A Markovian inventory system with random shelf time and back orders
title_fullStr A Markovian inventory system with random shelf time and back orders
title_full_unstemmed A Markovian inventory system with random shelf time and back orders
title_short A Markovian inventory system with random shelf time and back orders
title_sort markovian inventory system with random shelf time and back orders
topic QA75.5-76.95 Electronic computers. Computer science
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