Multi-item spare parts systems with lateral transshipments and waiting time constraints

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 171, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1071-1093

  Wong, H ^a   Van Houtum, G J ^b   Cattrysse, D ^a   Van Oudheusden, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Emergency transshipments; Inventory; Lagrangian relaxation; Spare parts

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; DATA REDUCTION; INVENTORY CONTROL; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OPTIMIZATION;

EMERGENCY TRANSSHIPMENTS; INVENTORY; LAGRANGIAN RELAXATION; SPARE PARTS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 31144476950     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.01.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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