Inventory rationing via drop-shipping in Internet retailing: A sensitivity analysis

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 171, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 135-152

  Ayanso, Anteneh ^a   Diaby, Moustapha ^b   Nair, Suresh K ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer simulation; Factorial design; Inventory rationing; Retailing; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSUMER ELECTRONICS; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PUBLIC POLICY;

FACTORIAL DESIGN; INVENTORY RATIONING; RETAILING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 28044473440     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.07.060     Document Type: Article

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