Analysis and Optimization of a Multistage Inventory-Queue System

Management Science

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 365-380

  Liu, Liming ^a   Liu, Xiaoming ^b   Yao, David D ^c  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MACAU   (Macao)

^c Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Inventory queues; Manufacturing systems; Optimal inventory allocation; Supply chains

Indexed keywords

MANAGEMENT; MANAGERS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUEUEING THEORY;

INVENTORY QUEUES; MANUFACTURING SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL INVENTORY; SUPPLY CHAINS;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 1842631872     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1030.0196     Document Type: Review

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