| Article ID: | iaor199969 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 92 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Start Page Number: | 302 |
| End Page Number: | 309 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 1996 |
| Journal: | European Journal of Operational Research |
| Authors: | Balkhi Zaid T., Benkherouf Lakdere |
| Keywords: | deteriorating items |
In this paper, we present a method for finding the optimal replenishment schedule for the production lot size model with deteriorating items, where demand and production are allowed to vary with time in an arbitrary way and in which shortages are allowed. The method is illustrated by a numerical example.