A dynamic allocation heuristic for centralized safety stock

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 513-526

  Cao, De Bi ^a   Silver, Edward A ^b  

^a TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Allocation; Centralization; Inventory; Multiechelon; Risk pooling

Indexed keywords

FORMAL LOGIC; HEURISTIC METHODS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; WAREHOUSES;

ALLOCATION; CENTRALIZATION; INVENTORY; MULTIECHELON;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 26444463389     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nav.20093     Document Type: Article

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