An analytical model for computing the optimal time-and-quantity-based policy for consolidated shipments

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 367-377

  Mutlu, Fatih ^a   Çetinkaya, Sila ^b   Bookbinder, James H ^c  

^a QATAR UNIVERSITY   (Qatar)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Poisson processes; Renewal theory; Shipment consolidation

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL MODEL; ANALYTICAL MODELING; ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CURRENT PRACTICES; DELIVERY PERFORMANCE; LONG-RUN AVERAGE COST; OPTIMAL QUANTITY; OPTIMAL TIME; POISSON PROCESS; RENEWAL THEORY; WAITING-TIME;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; COSTS; MODELS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; STOCHASTIC MODELS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 77951141126     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170903462368     Document Type: Article

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