Multi-echelon supply chain inventory planning with demand and leadtime uncertainty

International Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 251-264

  Routroy, Srikanta ^a   Maddala, Krishna Chaitanya ^b  

^a BIRLA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND SCIENCE   (India)

^b Life Sciences Digital Business Operations   (India)

Author keywords

Differential evolution strategy; Supply chain inventory planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 66149177007     PISSN: 17457645     EISSN: 17457653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJOR.2009.025195     Document Type: Article

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