The newsstand problem: A capacitated multiple-product single-period inventory problem

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 94, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 29-42

  Lau, Hon Shiang ^a   Lau, Amy Hing Ling ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory; Newsboy problem; Single period inventory problem

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT THEORY; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CAPACITATED MULTIPLE PRODUCT; CLASSICAL HADLEY-WHITIN; GENERAL DEMAND DISTRIBUTION; MULTIPLE RESOURCE CONSTRAINTS; NEWSTAND PROBLEM; ONE RESOURCE CAPACITY CONSTRAINT; SINGLE PERIOD INVENTORY PROBLEM;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 0030269813     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0377-2217(95)00192-1     Document Type: Article

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