An acquisition policy for a multi-supplier system with a finite-time horizon

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2758-2773

  Dai, Tinglong ^a   Qi, Xiangtong ^a  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Capacity; Dynamic programming; Finite time horizon; Multiple suppliers; Scatter search

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DECISION MAKING; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; INVENTORY CONTROL; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; OPTIMIZATION;

FINITE TIME HORIZON; MULTI SUPPLIER SYSTEM; SEARCH ALGORITHMS;

INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33846586043     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2005.10.011     Document Type: Article

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