Solution techniques for wholesale provisioning of replacement parts
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Authors
Goulding, William A.
Subjects
Wholesale provisoning
Dynamic programming
Dynamic programming
Advisors
Howard, G.T.
Date of Issue
1984-09
Date
September 1984
Publisher
Language
en_US
Abstract
The purpose of this thesis is to present solution techÂniques for provisioning problems arising in the Navy's wholesale purchase of replacement parts. The objective is to minimize the Mean Supply Response Time (MSRT) subject to a budget constraint. The problem can be formulated as a Dynamic Program (DP), however, it is too large and complex for a standard recursive dynamic approach. Conseguently, a variation of the normal DP approach was developed that significantly reduces the required computations. An existing DP computer program was modified to implement this DP variation. The result is a usable approach considering speed and ease of manipulation.
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Thesis
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Department
Operations Research
Organization
Naval Postgraduate School (U.S.)
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Approved for public release; distribution is unlimited.
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This publication is a work of the U.S. Government as defined in Title 17, United States Code, Section 101. Copyright protection is not available for this work in the United States.