Controlling inventories with stochastic item returns: A basic model

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 138, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 63-75

  Fleischmann, Moritz ^a   Kuik, Roelof ^a   Dekker, Rommert ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Inventory; Optimization; Reverse logistics

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY CONTROL; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING;

REVERSE LOGISTICS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0036532642     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(01)00100-X     Document Type: Article

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