Allocation models and heuristics for the outsourcing of repairs for a dynamic warranty population

Management Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 594-607

  Ding, Li ^a   Glazebrook, Kevin D ^b   Kirkbride, Christopher ^b  

^a DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Approximate dynamic programming; Greedy heuristics; Index policies; Outsourcing; Warranty repairs

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; HEURISTIC METHODS; OUTSOURCING;

GREEDY HEURISTICS; WARRANTY REPAIRS;

MANAGEMENT SCIENCE;

EID: 41549093134     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1070.0750     Document Type: Article

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