Approximation algorithms for capacitated stochastic inventory systems with setup costs

We develop the first approximation algorithm with worst-case performance guarantee for capacitated stochastic periodic-review inventory systems with setup costs. The structure of the optimal control policy for such systems is extremely complicated, and indeed, only some partial characterization is a...

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Main Authors: Shi, Cong, Zhang, Huanan, Chao, Xiuli, Levi, Retsef
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Wiley Blackwell 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/109090
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1994-4875