Volume 3 Issue 2 pp. 277-280 Winter, 2012


A note on models for a family of products with shelf life, and production and shortage costs in emerging markets (Short Communication)


Leopoldo Eduardo Cárdenas-Barrón


Recently, the economic lot scheduling problem (ELSP) with common cycle time and shelf life restrictions has attracted the attention of several researchers. In this paper, a comparative study of solutions given by Xu and Sarker (2003) [Computers & Operations Research 30 (6), 925-938] with the results given by Viswanathan and Goyal (2000) [International Journal of Production Research, 38 (4), 829-836] are presented. Additionally, the paper makes some observations about two mathematical expressions, which contain a technical shortcoming.


DOI: 10.5267/j.ijiec.2011.10.002

Keywords: Economic lot size, Shortages, Shelf life

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