Optimal Issuing Policies

Abstract

The document considers a stockpile consisting of n items where the ith item has a rating r sub i, where i = 1, ..., n . An item with rating r, if kept in stockpile until time t and then released to the field, is considered to have a field life of L(r)d(t). Thus it is assumed that for any t, the field life for issuance at time t is proportional to the time O field life. Items are to be issued one by one from the stockpile to the field until the stockpile is depleted. The ith issued item is placed in the field immediately upon the death in the field of the (i-1)st issued item. Conditions for LIFO and FIFO optimality are obtained.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1971
Accession Number
AD0722348

Entities

People

  • Mark O. Brown
  • Sheldon M. Ross

Organizations

  • University of California, Berkeley

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  • Abstracts
  • California
  • Contracts
  • Engineering
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Military Research
  • Operations Research
  • Stockpiles
  • Systems Engineering
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

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  • Logistics and Supply Chain Management.
  • Mathematical Modeling and Probability Theory.