Optimal ordering policies for stochastic inventory problems with observed information delays

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 546-559

  Bensoussan, Alain ^a   Çakanyildinm, Metin ^a   Feng, Qi ^b   Sethi, Suresh P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Base stock policies; Destination and origin determined dynamic delays; Information flow crossing; Stochastic inventory control

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350136794     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2009.01028.x     Document Type: Article

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