Selecting T for a Periodic Review Inventory Model with Staggered Deliveries

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 329-352

  Flynn, James ^a  

^a CLEVELAND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Optimal review period; Order splitting; Periodic review; Stochastic inventory model

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004594042     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6750(200006)47:4<329::AID-NAV4>3.0.CO;2-I     Document Type: Article

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