Previous studies in the issue of inventory models with imperfect quality assumed the defectives could be sold in a batch by the end of the inspection process and the manufacturing systems were push systems. However, the above assumptions may not be true in the pull system in which buyer is powerful. Therefore, in this paper, we develop a new inventory model for items with imperfect quality and ...

We study the problem of planning the production of new and recovering defective items of the same product manufactured on the same facility. Items of the product are produced in batches. The processing of a batch includes two stages. In the first work stage, all items of a batch are manufactured and good quality items go to the inventory to satisfy given demands. In the second rework stage, som...

This paper analyzed 96 current electronic negotiation models concerning their ability to handle imperfect information situations. The results of the empirical investigation show that most of the negotiation models assume imperfect information situations but mainly related to the negotiation partner. Research on imperfect described environments and negotiation items are not sufficient represente...

Products are said to be differentiated if consumers consider them to be imperfect substitutes. For example all consumers may agree about the relative quality of two types of the same good, but may differ in their willingness to pay for such differences. If consumers view brands in an industry as imperfect substitutes in this way, a firm may raise its price above that of its rivals without losin...