A framework for decentralized multi-echelon inventory control

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 91-97

  Axsäter, Sven ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECENTRALIZED CONTROL; GAME THEORY; INSTALLATION; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RETAIL STORES; WAREHOUSES;

MULTIECHELON INVENTORY SYSTEM; NASH EQUILIBRIUM; STACKELBERG GAME;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 0035253087     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170108936810     Document Type: Article

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