Relating the multiple supply problem to quantity flexibility contracts

Operations Research Letters

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 767-772

  Yazlali, Özgür ^a   Erhun, Feryal ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Demand uncertainty; Dual supply problem with general leadtimes; Dynamic programming; Maximum capacity limit; Minimum order commitment

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPERATING COSTS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

DEMAND UNCERTAINTY; MAXIMUM CAPACITY LIMIT;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

EID: 34748820135     PISSN: 01676377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orl.2007.01.002     Document Type: Article

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