Mathematical Relationship of Inventory Investment To Inventories
In discrete time, the end-of-period stock of inventories minus the beginning-of-period stock of inventories equals the flow of inventory investment per time period.
In continuous time, the time derivative of the stock of inventories equals the instantaneous flow of inventory investment.
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