Joint replenishment problem under continuous unit cost change

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 311-326

  Khouja, M ^a   Park, S ^a   Saydam, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT CHARLOTTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous unit cost decrease or increase; Joint replenishment

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INVENTORY CONTROL; PROBLEM SOLVING; PURCHASING;

CONTINUOUS UNIT COST DECREASE OR INCREASE; JOINT REPLENSIHMENT;

COST ACCOUNTING;

EID: 27844503473     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0020754042000270368     Document Type: Article

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