Exact fill rates for (R, s, S) inventory control with gamma distributed demand

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 53, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 1268-1274

  Moors, J J A ^a   Strijbosch, L W G ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RANDOM PROCESSES;

EXACT FILL RATES; GAMMA DEMAND; GAMMA DISTRIBUTION;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0036849543     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2601441     Document Type: Article

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