We consider a rental service with a fixed number of rental units distributed across multiple locations. The units are accessed by customers without prior reservation and on an on-demand basis. Customers can decide on how long to keep a unit and where to return it. Because of the randomness in...

We consider an assembly system with multiple stages, multiple items, and multiple customer classes. The system consists of m production facilities, each producing a different item. Items are produced in variable batch sizes, one batch at a time, with exponentially distributed batch production...

We consider a production-inventory system with two customer classes, one patient and one impatient. Orders from the patient class can be back-ordered if needed while orders from the impatient class must be rejected if they cannot be fulfilled from on-hand inventory. Orders back-ordered incur a...