Periodic-review inventory model with three consecutive delivery modes and forecast updates

Journal of Optimization Theory and Applications

Volumn 124, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 137-155

  Feng, Q ^a   Gallego, G ^b   Sethi, S P ^a   Yan, H ^a   Zhang, H ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c INSTITUTE OF APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (China)

Author keywords

Base stock policy; Forecast updates; Inventory; Multiple delivery modes

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY CONTROL;

BASE STOCK POLICY; DELIVERY MODES; DEMAND FORECAST; FORECAST UPDATES; INVENTORY; INVENTORY MODELING; MULTIPLE DELIVERIES; MULTIPLE DELIVERY MODE; PERIODIC REVIEW; PERIODIC-REVIEW INVENTORY SYSTEMS;

FORECASTING;

EID: 13844297768     PISSN: 00223239     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10957-004-6469-6     Document Type: Review

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