Dynamic inventory rationing strategies for inventory systems with two demand classes, Poisson demand and backordering

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 190, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 156-178

  Teunter, Ruud H ^a   Klein Haneveld, Willem K ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Demand classes; Inventory; Rationing

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY CONTROL; NUMERICAL METHODS; POISSON EQUATION; STATIC ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

BACKORDERING; DEMAND CLASSES; DYNAMIC RATIONING STRATEGIES; INVENTORY SYSTEMS; STATIC STRATEGIES;

SYSTEM THEORY;

EID: 41149159219     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.06.009     Document Type: Article

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