An exact performance evaluation for the supplier in a two-echelon inventory system

Operations Research

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 646-653

  Cheung, Ki Ling ^a   Hausman, Warren H ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; PACKAGING; PERFORMANCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RETAIL STORES; THEOREM PROVING;

BATCH REPLENISHMENT POLICY; CLOSED FORM EXPECTED COST FUNCTION; INSTALLATION STOCK; TWO ECHELON INVENTORY SYSTEM;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 0034223288     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.48.4.646.12421     Document Type: Article

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