A single-product inventory model for multiple demand classes

Management Science

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1486-1500

  Arslan, Hasan ^a   Graves, Stephen C ^b   Roemer, Thomas A ^c  

^a SUFFOLK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory rationing; Priority demand classes; Serial inventory system; Service differentiation

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY RATIONING; PRIORITY DEMAND CLASSES; SERIAL INVENTORY SYSTEM; SERVICE DIFFERENTIATION;

HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC POLICY;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 38549113021     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1070.0701     Document Type: Article

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