Efficiency in shortage reduction when using a more expensive common component

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 123-138

  Fong, Duncan K H ^a   Fu, Haizhen ^b   Li, Zhaolin ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b i2 Technologies   (United States)

Author keywords

Common component; Convexity; Erlang distribution; Inventory

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BUDGET CONTROL; CONSTRAINT THEORY; INVENTORY CONTROL;

BUDGET CONSTRAINTS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

INVENTORY;

EID: 0141942172     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0548(02)00183-1     Document Type: Article

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