The use of simple calibrations of individual locations in making transshipment decisions in a multi-location inventory network

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 294-305

  Archibald, T W ^a   Black, D P ^b   Glazebrook, K D ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY MANAGEMENT SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming; Inventory; Stochastic process

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; RANDOM PROCESSES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

CANDIDATE LOCATIONS; INDUSTRY PRACTICES; INVENTORY; NUMERICAL INVESTIGATIONS; OVER CURRENT; RETAIL OUTLETS; STOCHASTIC DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; STOCK HOLDINGS;

LOCATION;

EID: 73549091019     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2008.127     Document Type: Article

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