Analysis of practical policies for a single link distribution system

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 54, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 497-509

  Bertazzi, Luca ^a   Chan, Lap Mui Ann ^b   Speranza, Maria Grazia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory; Practical policies; Transportation; Worst case analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; INVENTORY CONTROL; PROBLEM SOLVING;

PRACTICAL POLICIES; WORST-CASE ANALYSIS; ZERO INVENTORY ORDERING (ZIO);

WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 34547700526     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: 15206750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nav.20221     Document Type: Article

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