Power-of-two single-warehouse multi-buyer inventory coordination with private information

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 111, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 562-574

  Chu, Chi Leung ^a   Leon, V Jorge ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Private information; Supply chain coordination

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; COST FUNCTIONS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; WAREHOUSES;

PRIVATE INFORMATION; SINGLE-WAREHOUSE MULTI-BUYER INVENTORY SYSTEM; SUPPLY CHAIN COORDINATION;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 37349041051     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2006.12.063     Document Type: Article

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