A sample-path approach to the optimality of echelon order-up-to policies in serial inventory systems

Operations Research Letters

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 547-550

  Huh, Woonghee Tim ^a   Janakiraman, Ganesh ^b  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory; Multi echelon; Sample path analysis

Indexed keywords

MATHEMATICAL PROGRAMMING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

INVENTORY; INVENTORY SYSTEMS; MULTI-ECHELON; OPTIMALITY; SAMPLE-PATH ANALYSIS;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 50249130159     PISSN: 01676377     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.orl.2008.05.006     Document Type: Article

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