A threshold inventory rationing policy for service-differentiated demand classes

Management Science

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 683-703

  Deshpande, Vinayak ^a   Cohen, Morris A ^b   Donohue, Karen ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory rationing; Military application; Service differentiation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COSTS; MILITARY APPLICATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SCHEDULING;

SERVICE DIFFERENTIATION; STOCK-RATIONING SCHEME; THRESHOLD INVENTORY RATIONING POLICY;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 0037769039     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.49.6.683.16022     Document Type: Article

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