Analysis of supply contracts with total minimum commitment

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 373-381

  Bassok, Yehuda ^a   Anupindi, Ravi ^b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MARKETING; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION CONTROL;

MINIMUM COMMITMENT; SUPPLY CONTRACTS;

CONTRACTS;

EID: 0031143839     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408179708966342     Document Type: Article

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