On the relation between cost and service models for general inventory systems

Statistica Neerlandica

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 127-147

  Van Houtum, G J ^a   Zijm, W H M ^a,b  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inventory models; Penalty costs; Service level constraints

Indexed keywords

EID: 0034343328     PISSN: 00390402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9574.00132     Document Type: Article

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