Modelling replenishment and transshipment decisions in periodic review multilocation inventory systems

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 948-956

  Archibald, T W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Inventory; Markov decision processes; Retail; Transshipment

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; INVENTORY CONTROL; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS;

HEURISTIC POLICIES; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; MULTILOCATION INVENTORY SYSTEMS; TRANSSHIPMENTS;

DECISION THEORY;

EID: 34249902040     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602217     Document Type: Article

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