A periodic-review inventory model with application to the continuous-review obsolescence problem

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 110-120

  Song, Yuyue ^a   Lau, Hoong Chuin ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Continuous review; Inventory model; Periodic review; Sudden obsolescence

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; OBSOLESCENCE; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; RANDOM PROCESSES;

CONTINUOUS-REVIEW; INVENTORY MODEL; PERIODIC-REVIEW; SUDDEN OBSOLESCENCE;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 2942696307     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(03)00399-0     Document Type: Article

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