The origins of dynamic inventory modelling under uncertainty (the men, their work and connection with the Stanford Studies)

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 71, Issue 1-3, 2001, Pages 351-363

  Girlich, Hans Joachim ^a   Chikán, Attila ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^b BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Inventory modelling; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; UNCERTAIN SYSTEMS;

DYNAMIC INVENTORY MODELING;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 0035815804     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5273(00)00131-6     Document Type: Article

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