Ordering and pricing policies for random discount offerings and permissible shortages

International Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 400-413

  Arcelus, F J ^a,b   Pakkala, T P M ^c   Srinivasan, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c MANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Renewal reward theorem; Repetitive special sales; Stochastic inventory

Indexed keywords

EID: 34848875717     PISSN: 17457645     EISSN: 17457653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJOR.2007.014170     Document Type: Article

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