Modeling lateral transshipments in multiechelon repairable-item inventory systems with finite repair channels

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1401-1417

  Jung, Bong Ryong ^a   Sun, Byung Geun ^b   Kim, Jong Soo ^a   Ahn, Sun Eung ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Lateral transshipment; Multiechelon inventory system; Repairable item

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COSTS; INVENTORY CONTROL;

INVENTORY SYSTEMS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

INVENTORY;

EID: 0344942503     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0548(02)00078-3     Document Type: Article

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