This paper considers a multi-period news-vendor problem with partially observed supply-capacity information which evolves as a Markovian Process. The supply capacity is fully observed by the buyer when the capacity is smaller than the buyer's ordering quantity. Otherwise, the buyer knows that...

This paper considers a multiperiod inventory model in which a supplier provides alternative lead-time choices to customers: a short or a long lead time. The supplier operates in a batch-production mode. Orders from slow customers can be taken by the supplier and included in the next production...