Reducing the negative effects of sales promotions in supply chains using genetic algorithms

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 7827-7837

  O'Donnell, T ^a   Humphreys, P ^a   McIvor, R ^a   Maguire, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Artificial intelligence; Efficiency; Forecasting; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; EFFICIENCY; FORECASTING; SALES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BEER DISTRIBUTION GAMES; BULLWHIP EFFECTS; LEAD TIME; ONLINE VERSIONS; OPTIMAL ORDERING POLICY; RANDOM DEMAND; SALES PROMOTIONS;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 60249103682     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2008.11.034     Document Type: Article

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