Integrating the number and location of retail outlets on a line with replenishment decisions

Management Science

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1666-1683

  Naseraldin, Hussein ^a   Herer, Yale T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Implicit function theorem; Infinite horizon stochastic inventory; Location inventory model; Quasi convex; Risk pooling; Subadditive function

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INVENTORY CONTROL; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; OPERATING COSTS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; PLANNING; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

IMPLICIT FUNCTION THEOREM; INFINITE-HORIZON STOCHASTIC INVENTORY; QUASI-CONVEX; RISK POOLING; SUBADDITIVE FUNCTION;

SALES;

EID: 61849132288     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1070.0850     Document Type: Article

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