TY  - JOUR
AU  - Fergany, Hala A. 
PY  - 2005
TI  - Periodic Review Probabilistic Multi-Item Inventory System with Zero Lead Time under Constraints and Varying Order Cost
JF  - American Journal of Applied Sciences
VL  - 2
IS  - 8
DO  - 10.3844/ajassp.2005.1213.1217
UR  - https://thescipub.com/abstract/ajassp.2005.1213.1217
AB  - This study treats the probabilistic safety stock n-items inventory system having varying order cost and zero lead-time subject to two linear constraints. The expected total cost is composed of three components: the average purchase cost; the expected order cost and the expected holding cost. The policy variables in this model are the number of periods Nr* and the optimal maximum inventory level Qmr* and the minimum expected total cost. We can obtain the optimal values of these policy variables by using the geometric programming approach. A special case is deduced and an illustrative numerical example is added.