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Further existence theorems for the optimal inventory equation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Edward S. Boylan*
Affiliation:
Rutgers University, Newark, New Jersey

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For given functions, g(x), h(x), F(x) and a constant, a, f(x) is said to be a solution of the optimal inventory equation if where f(y - z) = f(0) when z > y. (The same convention holds in similar equations below.) A method of deriving a solution to (1) is to define inductively a sequence of approximating functions, fn(x), by:

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Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1970 

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References

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