Abstract
We present models for inventory systems with perishable commodities (PISs) in which the items are not scrapped after reaching their maximum lifetime but are transferred to a second PIS where they are used to satisfy another random stream of demands. We determine the steady-state distribution of the virtual death processes in the various models and point out connections to certain queueing and darn models.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 287-300 |
| Number of pages | 14 |
| Journal | Mathematical Methods of Operations Research |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2000 |
Keywords
- By-product
- Modified m/m/1 queue
- Perishable inventory system
- Stationary distribution
- Virtual death process
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Software
- General Mathematics
- Management Science and Operations Research