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Applied Mathematics Letters

Volume 21, Issue 2, February 2008, Pages 172-175
Applied Mathematics Letters

A simple direct solution to a storage allocation model

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Abstract

In this note we consider a two-dimensional difference equation, that arises in models of storage allocation. We us a discrete version of the classic method of separation of variables, and obtain an explicit form of the solution, as either a contour integral or an infinite series.

Keywords

Storage allocation
Difference equation
Separation of variables

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