Computing globally optimal (s,S,T) inventory policies

Omega

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 660-671

  Lagodimos, A G ^a   Christou, I T ^b   Skouri, K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PIRAEUS   (Greece)

^b ATHENS INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Newsvendor; Optimal review period; Stochastic demand; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DECISION MAKING; PERIODIC STRUCTURES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

DECISION VARIABLES; INVENTORY POLICIES; NEWSVENDORS; OPTIMAL REVIEW PERIOD; ORDERING POLICIES; PERIODIC REVIEW; SIMPLE++; STOCHASTIC-DEMAND; SUB-PROBLEMS; T-PERIODIC;

SUPPLY CHAINS;

EID: 84855471926     PISSN: 03050483     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.omega.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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