A multi-product constrained newsboy problem with progressive multiple discounts

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 95-101

  Khouja, Moutaz ^a   Mehrez, Abraham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

^b KENT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BUDGET CONTROL; CONSTRAINT THEORY; MARKETING; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING;

EXCESS INVENTORY; MULTIPRODUCT NEWSBOY PROBLEM; PROGRESSIVE MULTIPLE DISCOUNTS; SINGLE PRODUCT NEWSBOY PROBLEM;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 0029771418     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0360-8352(95)00025-9     Document Type: Article

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