Optimal policies of an inventory system with multiple demand classes

Tsinghua Science and Technology

Volumn 15, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 498-508

  Zhou, Yun ^a   Zhao, Xiaobo ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

backorder; demand classes; inventory; lost sale; setup cost

Indexed keywords

BACKORDERS; DEMAND CLASS; INVENTORY; LOST-SALE; SETUP COSTS;

INVENTORY CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 77957694844     PISSN: 10070214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1007-0214(10)70093-6     Document Type: Article

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