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An Economic Production Quantity Problem with Fuzzy Backorder and Fuzzy Demand

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Optimization models based on fuzzy set theory are relevant to the process industry, where there are many uncertainties that are inherently fuzzy. In this paper, we incorporate backorders (i.e the inventory to go below zero) and cycle time in a fuzzy Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) model. The uncertainties in the backorders and in the demand for different products are modeled using triangular possibility distributions. We illustrate the model with an example that describes a typical decision making problem in the paper industry.

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  1. IAMSR, Åbo Akademi University, Joukahaisenkatu 3-5 A, FIN-20520, Turku, Finland

    József Mezei & Kaj-Mikael Björk

  2. Arcada University of Applied Sciences, Helsinki, Finland

    Kaj-Mikael Björk

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  1. , Faculty of Science and Technology, University Fernando Pessoa, Praça 9 de Abril 349, Porto, 4249-004, Portugal

    Álvaro Rocha

  2. , Instituto Superior de Estatística e, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Campus de Campolide, Lisboa, 1070-312, Portugal

    Ana Maria Correia

  3. Broomfield Road 9, Sheffield, S10 2SE, United Kingdom

    Tom Wilson

  4. Empirica GmbH, Oxfordstr. 2, Bonn, 53111, Germany

    Karl A. Stroetmann

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Mezei, J., Björk, KM. (2013). An Economic Production Quantity Problem with Fuzzy Backorder and Fuzzy Demand. In: Rocha, Á., Correia, A., Wilson, T., Stroetmann, K. (eds) Advances in Information Systems and Technologies. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 206. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36981-0_51

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