A collaborative decentralized distribution system with demand forecast updates

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 573-583

  Özen, Ulaş ^a   Sošić, Greys ^b   Slikker, Marco ^c  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Coordination; Core; Game theory; Inventory centralization

Indexed keywords

BUYBACK CONTRACT; COOPERATIVE GAME; COORDINATION; CORE; DECENTRALIZED DISTRIBUTION; DEMAND DISTRIBUTION; DEMAND FORECAST; FORECAST SHARING; FORECASTING CAPABILITY; INVENTORY CENTRALIZATION; INVENTORY POOLING; LEADTIME;

FORECASTING; GAME THEORY; MANUFACTURE; PROFITABILITY; SUPPLY CHAINS; WAREHOUSES;

SALES;

EID: 80053896812     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.07.055     Document Type: Article

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