Supply performance in multi-echelon inventory systems with intermediate product demand: A perspective on allocation

Decision Sciences

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 575-617

  Niranjan, Suma ^a   Ciarallo, Frank W ^b  

^a SAVANNAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Wright State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation Policies; Infinitesimal Perturbation Analysis; Multi echelon System; Simulation Optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960863762     PISSN: 00117315     EISSN: 15405915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1540-5915.2011.00324.x     Document Type: Article

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