Investing in lead-time variability reduction in a quality-adjusted inventory model with finite-range stochastic lead-time

Journal of Applied Mathematics and Decision Sciences

Volumn 2008, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Nasri, Farrokh ^a   Paknejad, Javad ^a   Affisco, John ^a  

^a HOFSTRA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 48249088452     PISSN: 11739126     EISSN: 15327612     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/795869     Document Type: Article

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