Hill, Roger M. Inventory models for increasing demand followed by level demand. (English) Zbl 0843.90039 J. Oper. Res. Soc. 46, No. 10, 1250-1259 (1995). Summary: This paper considers a product subject to a period of increasing demand according to a general power law, followed by a period of level demand. By assuming that the economic batch quantity (EBQ) is used as soon as level demand is reached, we derive the optimal production/purchasing policy for use at any stage during the period of growth. The optimal approach is compared with that of the Silver-Meal heuristic. Cited in 31 Documents MSC: 90B05 Inventory, storage, reservoirs Keywords:increasing demand; level demand; economic batch quantity; Silver-Meal heuristic × Cite Format Result Cite Review PDF Full Text: DOI