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A Class of One-Period Inventory Models

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  • Stan Fromovitz

    (Shell Development Company, Emeryville, California)

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In most inventory models one of the costs considered is shortage cost. However, this cost is often very hard to measure. For the models considered in this paper, instead of introducing a shortage cost, we define a stock-out penalty function and impose a constraint on it. For example, a constraint on the probability of stock-out can be viewed this way. We exhibit the general, randomized, optimal policy and give graphical and numerical methods of calculating it. We also discuss how our stock-out penalty function is related to shortage cost.

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  • Stan Fromovitz, 1965. "A Class of One-Period Inventory Models," Operations Research, INFORMS, vol. 13(5), pages 779-799, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:oropre:v:13:y:1965:i:5:p:779-799
    DOI: 10.1287/opre.13.5.779
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    1. Chen, Frank Y. & Krass, Dmitry, 2001. "Inventory models with minimal service level constraints," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 134(1), pages 120-140, October.

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