Inventory replenishment with interdependent ordering costs: An evolutionary algorithm solution

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 113, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 359-369

  Olsen, Anne L ^a  

^a WINTHROP UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Evolutionary algorithm; Interdependence; Joint replenishment; Minor ordering costs

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; OPERATING COSTS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

INTEGER DECISION VARIABLES; INTERDEPENDENCE; JOINT REPLENISHMENT; MINOR ORDERING COSTS;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 41549141677     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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