Multi-product batch replenishment strategies under stochastic demand and a joint capacity constraint

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 469-479

  Minner, Stefan ^a   Silver, Edward A ^b  

^a University of Mannheim   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; HEURISTIC METHODS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; RANDOM PROCESSES;

JOINT CAPACITY CONSTRAINT; MULTIPRODUCT BATCH REPLENISHMENT STRATEGIES; SEMI MARKOV DECISION PROCESS (SMDP); STOCHASTIC DEMANDS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 18144403518     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170590918254     Document Type: Article

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