Optimal policies for inventory systems with lateral transshipments

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 118, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 175-184

  Olsson, Fredrik ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Batch ordering policies; Dynamic programming; Inventory control; Lateral transshipments

Indexed keywords

INVENTORY CONTROL; LOCATION; OPTIMIZATION; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING;

BATCH ORDERING POLICIES; INVENTORY SYSTEMS; LATERAL TRANSSHIPMENTS; OPTIMAL POLICIES; ORDERING POLICIES; POISSON PROCESS; REPLENISHMENT POLICIES; SERVICE LEVELS; STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; STOCK OUTS; SYSTEM COSTS;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 61449131587     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2008.08.021     Document Type: Article

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