Bounds on the Solution of the Lagged Optimal Inventory Equation with No Demand Backlogging and Proportional Costs

Previous article Next article Bounds on the Solution of the Lagged Optimal Inventory Equation with No Demand Backlogging and Proportional CostsThomas E. MortonThomas E. Mortonhttps://doi.org/10.1137/1011090PDFBibTexSections ToolsAdd to favoritesExport CitationTrack CitationsEmail SectionsAbout1 Kenneth J. Arrow, , Theodore Harris and , Jacob Marschak, Optimal inventory policy, Econometrica, 19 (1951), 250–272 MR0044094 0045.23205 CrossrefISIGoogle Scholar2 Kenneth J. Arrow, , Samuel Karlin and , Herbert Scarf, Studies in the mathematical theory of inventory and production, Stanford Mathematical Studies in the Social Sciences, I, Stanford University Press, Stanford, Calif., 1958xi+340 MR0094248 0079.36003 Google Scholar3 R. Bellman, , I. Glicksberg and , O. Gross, On the optimal inventory equation, Management Sci., 2 (1955), 83–104 MR0074761 0995.90501 CrossrefGoogle Scholar4 A. Dvoretzky, , J. Kiefer and , J. Wolfowitz, The inventory problem. I. 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