An analytical study of the Q(s, S) policy applied to the joint replenishment problem

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 163, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 721-732

  Nielsen, Christina ^a   Larsen, Christian ^a  

^a AARHUS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Inventory management; Joint replenishment; Policy evaluation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; COSTS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INVENTORY CONTROL; PUBLIC POLICY;

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; JOINT REPLENISHMENT; POLICY EVALUATION;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 10444274122     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.02.003     Document Type: Article

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