Prepayment is a strategy of preparedness for a company that incurs relatively low costs but
provides immense benefits in case of delivery disruptions. This paper introduces a decision …

This work mainly focuses on the mathematical formulation of an imprecise inventory model
with partial prepayment policy in interval environment. In the proposed model, two different …

Uncertainty refers to a lack of precise knowledge or information about a particular event,
situation, or outcome. It is an inherent characteristic of many real-world phenomena and is …

The theory of optimal control plays an important role to solve several real-life problems.
However, it is often seen that uncertainty is a major challenge in formulating the appropriate …

Background: What are the cumulative influences of pricing, promotions of commodities,
order size-based discount opportunities, and alternative warehousing scenarios on effective …

During the current pandemic period, the number of online transactions to purchase products
through a mixed cash and prepayment agreement has increased significantly. Under this …

This paper focuses on a nonsmooth nonconvex interval-valued optimization problem. For
this, we propose interval-valued symmetric invexity, interval-valued symmetric pseudo …

Installment in the prepayment mechanism has emerged as a significant decision for many
companies due to rising capital costs and increasing pressures from suppliers for various …

Advance payment method has emerged as an effective mechanism to control not only any
company's cash flow but also order cancellations. To encourage customers to use the …

Perishable products in Europe, the United States, and Canada typically have expiration
dates or maximum lifetimes assigned to them. As these products approach their …