The (Q,r) inventory system with an unreliable supplier

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Volumn 34, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 59-76

  Gupta, Diwakar ^a,b,c,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Approximations; Fixed Order Quantity; Inventory Production: Stochastic; Reorder Point; Unreliable Supplier

Indexed keywords

EID: 0038549131     PISSN: 03155986     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03155986.1996.11732293     Document Type: Article

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