Article ID: | iaor1989103 |
Country: | United States |
Volume: | 37 |
Issue: | 4 |
Start Page Number: | 565 |
End Page Number: | 579 |
Publication Date: | Jul 1989 |
Journal: | Operations Research |
Authors: | Rosling Kaj |
Keywords: | programming: nonlinear |
This paper considers an inventory model of an assembly system with random demands and proportional costs of production and stock holding activities. The model is a generalization of the facilities in series model of Clark and Scarf. Under an assumption on the initial stock levels that in any case should appear in the long run (