Evaluation of inventory policies with unidirectional substitutions

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 182, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 145-163

  Liu, Jun ^a   Lee, Chi Guhn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Decomposition approach; Inventory; Markovian model; Spare part; Unidirectional substitution

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

APPROXIMATION ERRORS; DECOMPOSITION APPROACH; MARKOVIAN MODELS; UNIDIRECTIONAL SUBSTITUTION;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 34147156690     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2006.06.058     Document Type: Article

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