An (s, Q) inventory system with two classes of customers

International Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-19

  Isotupa, K P Sapna ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cost comparison; Inventory; Markov processes; Multiple classes of customers; Rationing; Stochastic processes

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051651149     PISSN: 17457645     EISSN: 17457653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJOR.2011.041856     Document Type: Article

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