An integrated material flow system approach for determining the economic production quantity (EPQ)

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 38, Issue 15, 2000, Pages 3485-3511

  Choi, Soodong ^a   Noble, James S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING;

ECONOMIC PRODUCTION QUANTITY (EPQ);

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0034668369     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075400422761     Document Type: Article

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