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Author: | Nandakumar, P. Morton, T. |
Title: | Near myopic heuristics for the fixed-life perishability problem |
Journal: | Management Science
1993 : DEC, VOL. 39:12, p. 1490-1498 |
Index terms: | INVENTORY CONTROL PERISHABLE GOODS HEURISTIC METHODS |
Language: | eng |
Abstract: | This paper details the application of a class of heuristics to the Fixed-life Perishability Problem formulated by Nahmias (1975a) and Fries (1975). Various assumptions for this model include i.i.d. demand, linear ordering, holding and penalty costs. Goods have a known fixed lifetime and perished goods cause a linear outdating cost to be incurred. The approach the authors use, that of developing heuristics from "near myopic" bounds, involves viewing periodic inventory problems in the framework of the classic "newsboy" model. |
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