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A Few Remarks on the Assortment Problem

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  • Wieslaw Sadowski

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The paper deals with the assortment problem in a particular case -- that of structural steel beams. Using the dynamic programming technique we show that this assortment problem is equivalent to the economic lot size problem and also to the routing problem.

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  • Wieslaw Sadowski, 1959. "A Few Remarks on the Assortment Problem," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 67, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University.
    • Handle: RePEc:cwl:cwldpp:67
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    1. Holthaus, Oliver, 2003. "On the best number of different standard lengths to stock for one-dimensional assortment problems," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 83(3), pages 233-246, March.
    2. Gnanendran, K. & Ho, J. K. & Sundarraj, R. P., 2003. "Stock selection heuristics for interdependent items," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 145(3), pages 585-605, March.
    3. Pentico, David W., 2008. "The assortment problem: A survey," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 190(2), pages 295-309, October.
    4. Yu, Yimin & Shou, Biying & Ni, Yaodong & Chen, Li, 2017. "Optimal production, pricing, and substitution policies in continuous review production-inventory systems," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 260(2), pages 631-649.
    5. Çömez-Dolgan, Nagihan & Fescioglu-Unver, Nilgun & Cephe, Ecem & Şen, Alper, 2021. "Capacitated strategic assortment planning under explicit demand substitution," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 294(3), pages 1120-1138.
    6. Baloch, Gohram & Gzara, Fatma, 2020. "Capacity and assortment planning under one-way supplier-driven substitution for pharmacy kiosks with low drug demand," European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier, vol. 282(1), pages 108-128.
    7. Çömez-Dolgan, Nagihan & Moussawi-Haidar, Lama & Jaber, Mohamad Y. & Cephe, Ecem, 2022. "Capacitated assortment planning of a multi-location system under transshipments," International Journal of Production Economics, Elsevier, vol. 251(C).
    8. Bitran, Gabriel R. & Leong, Thin-Yin., 1989. "Co-production of substitutable products," Working papers 3097-89., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Sloan School of Management.

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