Optimal dynamic production and inventory transshipment policies for a two-location make-to-stock system

Operations Research

Volumn 56, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 400-410

  Zhao, Hui ^a   Ryan, Jennifer K ^b   Deshpande, Vinayak ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY ISSUES; COMPLEX NATURES; COST PARAMETERS; HEDGING POINTS; INTER-ARRIVAL TIME; KEY FEATURES; MAKE TO STOCKS; MAKE-TO-STOCK SYSTEMS; OPTIMAL DYNAMICS; OPTIMAL POLICIES; OPTIMAL PRODUCTION POLICIES; OPTIMAL PRODUCTIONS; PRODUCTION FLEXIBILITIES; QUEUEING SYSTEMS; SERVICE LEVELS; STATE DEPENDENTS; STOCK LEVELS; TRANSSHIPMENT POLICIES;

QUEUEING NETWORKS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 61449208829     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.1070.0494     Document Type: Article

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