A General Framework for the Study of Decentralized Distribution Systems

Manufacturing and Service Operations Management

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 349-368

  Anupindi, Ravi ^a   Bassok, Yehuda ^a   Zemel, Eitan ^a  

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Author keywords

Decentralization; Distribution; e Business; Game Theory; Inventory

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013155747     PISSN: 15234614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/msom.3.4.349.9973     Document Type: Article

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