A single supplier-single retailer system with an order-up-to level inventory policy

Operations Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 543-546

  Solyali, Oǧuz ^a   Süral, Haldun ^a  

^a MIDDLE EAST TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Lot sizing; Order up to level inventory policy

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; EXTERNAL-; INVENTORY POLICY; LOT-SIZING; ORDER-UP-TO LEVEL INVENTORY POLICY;

SALES;

EID: 50249092674     PISSN: 01676377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orl.2008.05.005     Document Type: Article

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