A mathematical example of the two-echelon inventory model with asymmetric market information

Applied Mathematics and Computation

Volumn 162, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 257-264

  Reyes, Pedro M ^a  

^a BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory model; Market knowledge; Single period "newsboy" problem; Supply chain management; Two echelon problem

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY CONTROL; LIFE CYCLE; LOGISTICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PRODUCTION CONTROL; SCHEDULING;

INVENTORY MODELS; MARKET-KNOWLEDGE; SINGLE-PERIOD 'NEWSBOY' PROBLEM; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT (SCM); TWO-ECHELON PROBLEMS;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 10444281616     PISSN: 00963003     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2003.12.095     Document Type: Article

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