Solving the multi-buyer joint replenishment problem with the RAND method

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 46, Issue 4 SPEC. ISS., 2004, Pages 755-762

  Li, Qing ^a  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heuristic algorithm; Joint replenishment problem; Multi buyer; Multi item inventory; RAND method; Single buyer

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COSTS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

JOINT REPLENISHMENT PROBLEM (JRP); MULTI-BUYER; MULTI-ITEM INVENTORY; RAND METHOD; SINGLE-BUYER;

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING;

EID: 3242699701     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2004.05.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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