Linear programming based decomposition methods for inventory distribution systems

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 211, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 282-297

  Kunnumkal, Sumit ^a   Topaloglu, Huseyin ^b  

^a INDIAN SCHOOL OF BUSINESS   (India)

^b Cornell University   (United States)

Author keywords

Approximate dynamic programming; Inventory control; Inventory distribution

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; BACKLOGGING COSTS; COMPUTATIONAL EXPERIMENT; DECOMPOSITION METHODS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMS; EFFICIENT METHOD; FINITE PLANNING HORIZON; HIGH-DIMENSIONAL; INVENTORY DISTRIBUTION; INVENTORY REPLENISHMENT; NON-NEGATIVITY; RANDOM DEMAND; STATE VARIABLES;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; INVENTORY CONTROL; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; OPTIMIZATION; SALES; WAREHOUSES;

LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS;

EID: 79951676864     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2010.11.026     Document Type: Article

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