Handbook of EOQ Inventory Problems Stochastic and Deterministic Mode

The Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) inventory model first appeared in 1913, and in its centennial, it is still one of the most important inventory models.  Despite the abundance of both classical and new research results, there was (until now) no compr

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Tsan-Ming Choi Editor

Handbook of EOQ Inventory Problems Stochastic and Deterministic Models and Applications

International Series in Operations Research & Management Science Volume 197

Series Editor Frederick S. Hillier, Stanford University, CA, USA Special Editorial Consultant Camille C. Price, Stephen F. Austin State University, TX, USA

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Tsan-Ming Choi Editor

Handbook of EOQ Inventory Problems Stochastic and Deterministic Models and Applications

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Editor Tsan-Ming Choi Institute of Textiles and Clothing The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Hung Hom, Kowloon Hong Kong SAR

ISSN 0884-8289 ISBN 978-1-4614-7638-2 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-7639-9

ISBN 978-1-4614-7639-9

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Preface

Inventory management is a critical factor which accounts for the success or failure of modern businesses in all kinds of industries. By far the best known inventory model is the classical ‘‘square root formula’’ of the economic order quantity (EOQ) model. The widely recognized first piece of research on the EOQ model appeared a cen