Integration of COTS software products ARENA and CPLEX for an inventory/logistics problem

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 533-547

  Vamanan, Mayur ^a   Wang, Qian ^b   Batta, Rajan ^b,c   Szczerba, Robert J ^d  

^a Agilisys Consultant   (United States)

^b State University of New York   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d LOCKHEED MARTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Simulation and optimization; Software integration; Supply chain applications

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INVENTORY CONTROL; LOGISTICS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

SAMPLE SUPPLY CHAIN APPLICATION;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

LOGISTICS; SOFTWARE;

EID: 0346640278     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0548(03)00010-8     Document Type: Article

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