A continuous approximation approach for the integrated facility-inventory allocation problem

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 222, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 216-228

  Tsao, Yu Chung ^a   Mangotra, Divya ^b   Lu, Jye Chyi ^b   Dong, Ming ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

Allocation; Facility location; Inventory management; Supply chain design

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION; ALLOCATION PROBLEMS; APPROXIMATION APPROACH; CHANGING PARAMETER; CONTINUOUS FUNCTIONS; DISCRETE DATA; FACILITY LOCATIONS; INTEGRATED MODELS; INVENTORY ALLOCATION; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY POLICIES; LOCATION-ALLOCATION; MANAGEMENT IMPLICATIONS; MODELING TECHNIQUE; MULTIPLE DISTRIBUTION; NETWORK COSTS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PROGRAMMING TECHNIQUE; REGIONAL DISTRIBUTION CENTERS; RETAIL BUSINESS; SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGN; TOTAL COSTS;

GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; INTEGRATION; INVENTORY CONTROL; LOCATION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RETAIL STORES; SALES; SUPPLY CHAINS; WAREHOUSES;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84862270483     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.04.033     Document Type: Article

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