Abstract
This paper follows up a previous study for optimising a production-inventory system when external demand is stochastic.A modified stock-out function is presented to cover more generalsituation when cumulative production may be a continuousvariable. Optimisation equations are further investigated,including the sufficient conditions for optimisation.References
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