Analysis of the (s, S) policy for perishables with a random shelf life

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 759-781

  Gürler, Ülkü ^a   Özkaya, Banu Yüksel ^b  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Batch demand; Perishable; Random shelf life; Renewal arrival

Indexed keywords

LEAD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS;

(R ,S ,S) POLICY; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; AVERAGE COST; CONTINUOUS REVIEW; EXPECTED COSTS; GENERAL (CO); LEAD TIME; LEAD TIMES; NUMERICAL FINDINGS; NUMERICAL STUDIES; PERISHABLE INVENTORY; RATE FUNCTIONS; RENEWAL ARRIVALS; SHELF LIFE;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

EID: 46449110826     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170701730792     Document Type: Article

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