Situation reactive approach to Vendor Managed Inventory problem

Expert Systems with Applications

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 9039-9045

  Kwak, Choonjong ^a   Choi, Jin Sung ^b   Kim, Chang Ouk ^b   Kwon, Ick Hyun ^c  

^a Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^c Inje University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Action reward learning; Compensation factor; Retrospective analysis; Situation reactive approach; Unstable customer demands; VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) model

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; REINFORCEMENT; SALES;

ACTION-REWARD LEARNING; COMPENSATION FACTOR; RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS; SITUATION REACTIVE APPROACH; UNSTABLE CUSTOMER DEMANDS; VMI (VENDOR MANAGED INVENTORY) MODEL;

EDUCATION;

EID: 60849094048     PISSN: 09574174     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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