International Journal of Applied Industrial Engineering, 1(2), 53-79, July-December 2012 53
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ABSTRACT
In this paper, a fuzzy inventory model is formulated for deteriorating items with price dependent demand
under the consideration of permissible delay in payment. A two parameter Weibull distribution is taken to
represent the time to deterioration. Shortages are allowed and completely backlogged. For Fuzzifcation of
the model, the demand rate, holding cost, unit purchase cost, deterioration rate, ordering cost, shortage cost,
interest earn and interest paid are assumed to be triangular fuzzy numbers. As a result, the proft function will
be derived in fuzzy sense in order to obtain the optimal stock-in period, cycle length and the selling price. The
graded mean integration method is used to defuzzify the proft function. Then, to test the validity of the model
a numerical example is considered and solved. Finally, to study the effect of changes of different parameters
on the optimal solution i.e. average proft, order quantity, stock-in period, cycle length and selling price,
sensitivity analysis are performed.
A Fuzzy Inventory Model
for Weibull Deteriorating
Items with Price-Dependent
Demand and Shortages under
Permissible Delay in Payment
Chandra K. Jaggi, Department of Operational Research, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences,
University of Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Sarla Pareek, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Banasthali University, Banasthali,
Rajasthan, India
Anuj Sharma, Department of Operational Research, Faculty of Mathematical Sciences,
University of Delhi, New Delhi, Delhi, India
Nidhi, Centre for Mathematical Sciences, Banasthali University, Banasthali, Rajasthan, India
Keywords: Graded Mean Integration Representation Method, Inventory, Price Dependent Demand,
Shortages, Triangular Fuzzy Number, Weibull Deterioration
DOI: 10.4018/ijaie.2012070105