Inventory control and periodic price discounting campaigns

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 94-108

  Chaouch, Ben A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

Inventory management; Level crossing theory; Price discounts; Stochastic models

Indexed keywords

COSTS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; LEVEL-CROSSING THEORY; PRICE DISCOUNTS;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 33846685415     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: 15206750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nav.20173     Document Type: Article

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