Abstract
This paper considers an inventory model where the policy is to place an order with a supplier whenever a demand is made or an item in stock deteriorates. Deterioration occurs randomly at a state dependent rate. Then the optimal stock to be maintained has been worked out by minimising the total expected cost involving holding cost, waiting cost of an order, shortage cost, and deterioration cost under state dependent markovian process for arrival of orders and arrival of supplies.
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