An Extended EPQ-Based Problem with a Discontinuous Delivery Policy, Scrap Rate, and Random Breakdown

Table 1

Iterations of the recursive searching algorithm for locating .

	Step #					Difference between and			Difference between and
0.5	Initial		0.00000		1.00000		$11,601.63	$11,014.50	$587.13
	1st	0.5183	0.7717	0.3411	0.8432	0.1772	$11,103.30	$11,014.50	$88.80
	2nd	0.3857	0.8246	0.3721	0.8302	0.0136	$11,007.16	$11,006.46	$0.70
	3rd	0.3756	0.8287	0.3746	0.8292	0.0010	$11,006.42	$11,006.41	$0.01
	4th	0.3749	0.8291	0.3748	0.8291	0.0001	$11,006.41	$11,006.41	$0.004
	5th	0.3748	0.8291	0.3748	0.8291	0.00000	$11,006.41	$11,006.41	$0.000