Optimal Control of Production and Remanufacturing in a Reverse Logistics Model with Backlogging

Table 1

A total cost comparison of the policies with and without backlogging.

Approach	Optimal policy	Total cost without backlogging	Total cost with backlogging
General	$P(1,n_2^{*}=1)$	536,656	530,659
Koh	$P(n_1^{*}=3,1)$	473,286	463,724
Nahmias	$P(n_1^{*}=\mathrm{6,1})$	386,437	369,504