An optimal ordering and issuing policy for a two-stage inventory system for perishable products

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 99, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 412-424

  Fujiwara, Okitsugu ^a   Soewandi, Hanijanto ^a   Sedarage, Dayani ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; RANDOM PROCESSES; RETAIL STORES;

PERISHABLE PRODUCTS; RANDOM CUSTOMER DEMANDS;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 0031168879     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(95)00365-7     Document Type: Article

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