This paper explores qualitative effects of lead-time uncertainty in a basic continuous-time single-item inventory model with Poisson demand and stochastic lead times. The objective is to minimize the infinite-horizon expected total discounted cost. Order costs are linear, so a base-stock policy is optimal. Traditionally and intuitively, people believe that a (stochastically) longer lead time re...

We present a unified approach to the analysis of several popular models in collective risk theory. Based on the analysis of the discounted penalty function in a semi-Markovian risk model by means of Laplace-Stieltjes transforms, we rederive and extend some recent results in the field. In particular, the classical compound Poisson model, Sparre Andersen models with phase-type interclaim times an...

Humans are known to discount future rewards hyperbolically in time. Nevertheless, a formal recursive model of hyperbolic discounting has been elusive until recently, with the introduction of the hyperbolically discounted temporal difference (HDTD) model. Prior to that, models of learning (especially reinforcement learning) have relied on exponential discounting, which generally provides poorer ...

This article introduces a discount parameter and a weight function in Myerson’s (1977) classical model of cooperative games with restrictions on cooperation. The discount parameter aims to reflect the time preference of the agents while the weight function aims to reflect the importance of each node of a graph. We provide axiomatic characterizations of two types of solution that are inspired by...

the objective of this study was to assess the discounted genetic expressions (dges) for different categories of animal traits as regards holstein cattle of iran. using discounted gene-flow principles, dges per calf born were estimated for self replacing females and also for their sires. in the situation for sires of self replacing females, relative gdes per cow per year for annual cow traits, t...