Single-vendor multi-buyer discount pricing model: An evolutionary computation-based approach

International Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-20

  Sinha, Santanu ^a   Sarmah, S P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Common order interval; Discount schedule; Evolutionary computation; Heterogeneous buyers; Supply chain coordination

Indexed keywords

EID: 77952232394     PISSN: 17457645     EISSN: 17457653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJOR.2010.033101     Document Type: Article

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