Optimal single period order size under uncertain demand incorporating freight costs

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 95-108

  Abad, P L ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inventory theory; LTL shipments; Newsvendor problem; Transportation costs

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644984508     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2006.009030     Document Type: Article

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