Chapter 12 Stochastic inventory theory

Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science

Volumn 2, Issue C, 1990, Pages 605-652

  Porteus, Evan L ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 76049122168     PISSN: 09270507     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0927-0507(05)80176-8     Document Type: Review

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