Optimal Inventory Policies when the Demand Distribution is not Known /

This paper analyzes the stochastic inventory control problem when the demand distribution is not known. In contrast to previous Bayesian inventory models, this paper adopts a non-parametric Bayesian approach in which the firm's prior information is characterized by a Dirichlet process prior. Th...

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Главный автор: Larson, Erik
Другие авторы: Olson, Lars, Sharma, Sunil
Формат: Журнал
Язык:English
Опубликовано: Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2000.
Серии:IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2000/183
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