Bayes sequential design of stock levels

S. Zacks

Naval Research Logistics Quarterly, 1969, vol. 16, issue 2, 143-155

Abstract: Bayesian determination of optimal stock levels is studied for the case of Poisson distribution of the demand variable, and prior gamma distribution of the expected demand. Bayes sequential procedure is derived, assuming that stock level can be adjusted at the beginning of each period so that a shortage can be immediately replenished and an overstock can be corrected. The Bayes sequential procedure is more difficult to obtain if this assumption is removed. A dynamic programming method for obtaining the general Bayes sequential procedure is outlined. Finally, an empiric Bayes estimation procedure of the optimal Bayesian stock level is presented.

Date: 1969
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