A perishable inventory system at service facilities with negative customers

International Journal of Information and Management Sciences

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 1-18

  Sivakumar, B ^a   Arivarignan, G ^a  

^a MADURAI KAMARAJ UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Negative Customers; Perishable Item; Poisson Demands; Positive Lead Time; Service Facility; Stochastic Inventory

Indexed keywords

NEGATIVE CUSTOMERS; PERISHABLE ITEMS; POISSON DEMANDS; POSITIVE LEAD TIME; SERVICE FACILITY; STOCHASTIC INVENTORY;

INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; MARKETING; PERFORMANCE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PROBABILITY; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 33745047075     PISSN: 10171819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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