A multiechelon inventory model with fixed replenishment intervals

Management Science

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-18

  Graves, Stephen C ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory Allocation Policies; Multiechelon Inventory Systems; Optimal Safety Stocks; Order up to Policies

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; RANDOM PROCESSES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WAREHOUSES;

INVENTORY ALLOCATION POLICIES; MULTICHELON INVENTORY SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL SAFETY STOCKS; ORDER UP TO POLICIES; STOCHASTIC DEMAND; TRACTABILITY; VIRTUAL ALLOCATION;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 0029777580     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.42.1.1     Document Type: Article

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