A simple approximation for a multistage capacitated production-inventory system

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 41-58

  Glasserman, Paul ^a   Tayur, Sridhar ^b  

^a The Sanford C Bernstein Co Center for Leadership and Ethics   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; ERRORS; ESTIMATION; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS;

BASE-STOCK POLICY; ECHELON INVENTORY; EXPONENTIALS; MULTISTAGE PRODUCTION-INVENTORY SYSTEM; OPTIMAL POLICY; PRODUCTION CAPACITY; VARIABLE DEMANDS;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0030084420     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6750(199602)43:1<41::AID-NAV3>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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