3.3. Consider the inventory model of Section 3.1. Suppose that unfulfilled demand is not back ordered but

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3.3. Consider the inventory model of Section 3.1. Suppose that unfulfilled demand is not back ordered but is lost.

(a) Set up the corresponding transition probability matrix for the endof-

period inventory level X,,.

(b) Express the long run fraction of lost demand in terms of the demand distribution and limiting probabilities for the end-of-period inventory.

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An Introduction To Stochastic Modeling

ISBN: 9780126848878

3rd Edition

Authors: Samuel Karlin, Howard M. Taylor

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