An analytical solution to a fuzzy economic order quantity problem

International Journal of Approximate Reasoning

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 485-493

  Björk, Kaj Mikael ^a  

^a ÅBO AKADEMI UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Economic order quantity; Fuzzy numbers; Inventory management

Indexed keywords

FUZZY RULES; INVENTORY CONTROL;

ANALYTICAL SOLUTIONS; BACKORDERS; ECONOMIC ORDER QUANTITY; FUZZY NUMBERS; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; LEAD TIME; NEW APPROACHES; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; ORDER QUANTITIES; TRIANGULAR FUZZY NUMBERS;

FUZZY SETS;

EID: 60949090604     PISSN: 0888613X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijar.2008.10.001     Document Type: Article

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