Optimal and approximate policies for inventory systems with order crossover

Journal of Business Logistics

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 180-193

  Srinivasan, Mahesh ^a   Novack, Robert ^b   Thomas, Douglas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory management; Order crossover; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84055176762     PISSN: 07353766     EISSN: 21581592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.2158-1592.2011.01015.x     Document Type: Review

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