Monotonicity properties of a class of stochastic inventory systems |
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Authors: | Awi Federgruen Min Wang |
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Affiliation: | 1. Graduate School of Business, Columbia University, 3022 Broadway, New York, NY, 10027, USA 2. LeBow College of Business, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA
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Abstract: | We consider inventory systems which are governed by an (r,q) or (r,nq) policy. We derive general conditions for monotonicity of the three optimal policy parameters, i.e., the optimal reorder level, order quantity and order-up-to level, as well as the optimal cost value, as a function of the various model primitives, be it cost parameters or complete cost rate functions or characteristics of the demand and leadtime processes. These results are obtained as corollaries from a few general theorems, with separate treatment given to the case where the policy parameters are continuous variables and that where they need to be restricted to integer values. The results are applied both to standard inventory models and to those with general shelf age and delay dependent inventory costs. |
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