Stock replenishment policies for a stochastic exponentially-declining demand process

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 374-388

  Hill, Roger M ^a   Omar, Mohd ^a   Smith, David K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; INVENTORY CONTROL; MACHINE COMPONENTS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION;

SPARE PARTS; STOCK REPLENISHMENT;

PRODUCTION;

EID: 0032649856     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(98)00223-9     Document Type: Article

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