| Ser | Notations | Description |
| 1 |
| Production rate. |
| 2 |
| Demand rate at time T where |
| 3 |
| Very small amount of constant decay rate for unit inventory. |
| 4 |
| Inventory level at instant |
| 5 |
| Un-decayed inventory at |
| 6 |
| Un-decayed inventory at |
| 7 |
| Deteriorating inventory at |
| 8 |
| Deteriorating inventory at |
| 9 |
| Inventory level at time T which depicts 0 and |
| 10 |
| Vary small portion of instant |
| 11 |
| Set up cost. |
| 12 |
| Average holding cost. |
| 13 |
| Total cost in terms of |
| 14 |
| Optimum order quantity. |
| 15 |
| Optimum order interval. |