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April  2017, 13(2): 633-647. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2016037

Distribution-free solutions to the extended multi-period newsboy problem

Yong Zhang 1, , Xingyu Yang 1,, and  Baixun Li 2,

1. 

School of Management, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou 510520, China
2. 

School of Business Administration, Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, Guangzhou 510320, China

* Corresponding author: Xingyu Yang

Received  March 2015 Revised  December 2015 Published  May 2016

This paper concerns the distribution-free, multi-period newsboy problem in which the newsboy has to decide the order quantity of the newspaper in the subsequent period without knowing the distribution of the demand. The Weak Aggregating Algorithm (WAA) developed in learning and prediction with expert advices makes decision only based on historical information and provides theoretical guarantee for the decision-making method. Based on the advantage of WAA and stationary expert advices, this paper continues providing distribution-free methods for the extended multi-period newsboy problems in which the shortage cost and the integral order quantities are considered. In particular, we provide an alternative proof for the theoretical result which guarantees the cumulative gain our proposed method achieves is as large as that of the best stationary expert advice. Numerical examples are provided to illustrate the effectiveness of our proposed methods.

Keywords: Multi-period newsboy problem, shortage cost, integral order quantity, distribution-free solution, weak aggregating algorithm.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 90B05, 68W27; Secondary: 68W40.
Citation: Yong Zhang, Xingyu Yang, Baixun Li. Distribution-free solutions to the extended multi-period newsboy problem. Journal of Industrial & Management Optimization, 2017, 13 (2) : 633-647. doi: 10.3934/jimo.2016037
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H. Scarf, Bayes solution of the statistical inventory problem, Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 30 (1959), 490-508.  doi: 10.1214/aoms/1177706264.  Google Scholar

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G. L. Vairaktarakis, Robust multi-item newsboy models with abudget constraint, International Journal of Production Economics, 66 (2000), 213-226.   Google Scholar

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Y. Zhang, V. Vovk and W. G Zhang, Probability-free solutions to the non-stationary newsvendor problem, Annals of Operation Research, 223 (2014), 433-449.  doi: 10.1007/s10479-014-1620-8.  Google Scholar

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References:
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S. Al-Binali, A risk-reward framework for the competitive analysis of financial games, Algorithmica, 25 (1999), 99-115.  doi: 10.1007/PL00009285.  Google Scholar

[2]

H. K. Alfares and H. H. Elmorra, The distribution-free newsboy problem: extension to the shortage penalty case, International Journal of Production Economics, 93-94 (2005), 465-477.  doi: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2004.06.043.  Google Scholar

[3]

O. Besbes and A. Muharremoglu, On implications of demand censoring in the newsvendor problem, Management Science, 59 (2013), 1407-1424.   Google Scholar

[4]

A. Burnetas and C. Smith, Adaptive ordering and pricing for perishable products, Operations Research, 48 (2000), 436-443.  doi: 10.1287/opre.48.3.436.12437.  Google Scholar

[5]

N. Cesa-Bianchi and G. Lugosi, Prediction, Learning, and Games, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2006. doi: 10.1017/CBO9780511546921.  Google Scholar

[6]

L. L. Ding, X. M. Liu and Y. F. Xu, Competitive risk management for online Bahncard problem, Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization, 6 (2010), 1-14.  doi: 10.3934/jimo.2010.6.1.  Google Scholar

[7]

G. Gallego and I. Moon, The distribution free newsboy problem: review and extensions, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 44 (1993), 825-834.  doi: 10.2307/2583894.  Google Scholar

[8]

W. T. Huh, R. Levi, P. Rusmevichientong and J. B. Orlin, Adaptive data-driven inventory control with censored demand based on Kaplan-Meier estimator, Operations Research, 59 (2011), 929-941.  doi: 10.1287/opre.1100.0906.  Google Scholar

[9]

W. T. Huh and P. Rusmevichientong, A non-parametric asymptotic analysis of inventory planning with censored demand, Mathematics of Operations Research, 34 (2009), 103-123.  doi: 10.1287/moor.1080.0355.  Google Scholar

[10]

Y. Kalnishkan and M. V. Vyugin, The weak aggregating algorithm and weak mixability, Journal of Computer and System Sciences, 74 (2008), 1228-1244.  doi: 10.1016/j.jcss.2007.08.003.  Google Scholar

[11]

M. Keisuke, The multi-period newsboy problem, European Journal of Operational Research, 171 (2006), 170-188.  doi: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.08.030.  Google Scholar

[12]

S. Kunnumkal and H. Topaloglu, Using stochastic approximation methods to compute optimal base-stock levels in inventory inventory control problems, Operations Research, 56 (2008), 646-664.  doi: 10.1287/opre.1070.0477.  Google Scholar

[13]

S. Kunnumkal and H. Topaloglu, A stochastic approximation method for the single-leg revenue management problem with discrete demand distributions, Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, 70 (2009), 477-504.  doi: 10.1007/s00186-008-0278-x.  Google Scholar

[14]

T. Levina, Y. Levin, J. McGill, M. Nediak and V. Vovk, Weak aggregating algorithm for the distribution-free perishable inventory problem, Operations Research Letters, 38 (2010), 516-521.  doi: 10.1016/j.orl.2010.09.006.  Google Scholar

[15]

X. Lu, J. Song and K. Zhu, Analysis of perishable-inventory systems with censored demand data, Operations Research, 56 (2008), 1034-1038.  doi: 10.1287/opre.1080.0553.  Google Scholar

[16]

I. Moon and S. Choi, Distribution free newsboy problem with balking, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 46 (1995), 537-542.   Google Scholar

[17]

I. Moon and S. Choi, Distribution free procedures for make-to-order (MTO), make-in-advance (MIA), and composite policies, International Journal of Production Economics, 48 (1997), 21-28.  doi: 10.1016/S0925-5273(96)00026-6.  Google Scholar

[18]

I. Moon and E. A. Silver, The multi-item newsvendor problem with a budget constraint and fixed ordering costs, Journal of the Operational Research Society, 51 (2000), 602-608.   Google Scholar

[19]

G. R. Murray and E. A. Silver, A Bayesian analysis of the style goods inventory problem, Management Science, 12 (1996), 785-797.  doi: 10.1287/mnsc.12.11.785.  Google Scholar

[20]

H. Scarf, A min-max solution of an inventory problem, in: K. Arrow, S. Karlin, H. Scarf (Eds.), Studies in The Mathematical Theory of Inventory and Production, Stanford University Press, California, (1958), 201–209. Google Scholar

[21]

H. Scarf, Bayes solution of the statistical inventory problem, Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 30 (1959), 490-508.  doi: 10.1214/aoms/1177706264.  Google Scholar

[22]

G. L. Vairaktarakis, Robust multi-item newsboy models with abudget constraint, International Journal of Production Economics, 66 (2000), 213-226.   Google Scholar

[23]

Y. Zhang, V. Vovk and W. G Zhang, Probability-free solutions to the non-stationary newsvendor problem, Annals of Operation Research, 223 (2014), 433-449.  doi: 10.1007/s10479-014-1620-8.  Google Scholar

Figure 1.  The gain function for Levina et al.'s multi-period newsboy problem with salvage. The slope of the graph is $p-c$ to the left of $y=d$ and $s-c$ to the right of $y=d$
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Figure 2.  Comparison of daily cumulative gain without shortage cost
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Figure 3.  Comparison of daily cumulative gain with shortage cost
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Figure 4.  Comparison between daily cumulative gain of DAS and ANS for trial 1
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Figure 5.  Comparison between daily cumulative gain of DAS and ANS for trial 2
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Table 1.  Cumulative gains of DAS and experts without/with shortage cost
$N$ 100 200 300 400
DAS 3864/3721 6843/6211 9978/8928 12672/11339
$\theta=1$ 1520/-1966 3040/-3218 4560/-4568 6080/-5582
$\theta=2$ 2635/325 5093/1089 7678/1952 10187/3033
$\theta=3$ 3497/2223 6489/4375 9531/6507 12396/8700
$\theta=4$ 3955/3493 6923/6167 10068/9018 12733/11459
$\theta=5$ 3780/3780 6269/6269 8936/8936 10995/10995
Ratios 0.977/0.984 0.988/0.986 0.991/0.990 0.995/0.989
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$N$ 100 200 300 400
DAS 3864/3721 6843/6211 9978/8928 12672/11339
$\theta=1$ 1520/-1966 3040/-3218 4560/-4568 6080/-5582
$\theta=2$ 2635/325 5093/1089 7678/1952 10187/3033
$\theta=3$ 3497/2223 6489/4375 9531/6507 12396/8700
$\theta=4$ 3955/3493 6923/6167 10068/9018 12733/11459
$\theta=5$ 3780/3780 6269/6269 8936/8936 10995/10995
Ratios 0.977/0.984 0.988/0.986 0.991/0.990 0.995/0.989
Table 2.  AVEs and STDs of Ratios of cumulative gains of DAS and best expert without/with shortage cost
TN 10 20 30 40
AVE 0.9861/0.9917 0.9821/0.9904 0.9802/0.9905 0.9800/0.9910
STD 0.0152/0.0041 0.0135/0.0035 0.0147/0.0037 0.0148/0.0034
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TN 10 20 30 40
AVE 0.9861/0.9917 0.9821/0.9904 0.9802/0.9905 0.9800/0.9910
STD 0.0152/0.0041 0.0135/0.0035 0.0147/0.0037 0.0148/0.0034
Table 3.  Comparison between cumulative gains of DAS and ANS without shortage cost
trial 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
DAS 235 110 164 185 153 227 158 188 196 150
ANS 241 106 159 180 151 211 153 183 192 147
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trial 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
DAS 235 110 164 185 153 227 158 188 196 150
ANS 241 106 159 180 151 211 153 183 192 147
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