Supply interruptions in a lost-sales inventory system with random lead time

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 411-426

  Mohebbi, Esmail ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory; Lost sales; Supply interruptions; Unreliable supplier

Indexed keywords

COSTS; INVENTORY CONTROL; PROBLEM SOLVING; SALES;

INVENTORY SYSTEMS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

INVENTORY; MODELING; PRODUCTION SYSTEM;

EID: 0038323263     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0548(01)00108-3     Document Type: Article

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