Optimal (r, nQ, T) batch-ordering policy under stationary demand

International Journal of Systems Science

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1774-1784

  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; optimisation; periodic; stochastic demand; supply chain

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC PROPERTIES; AVERAGE COST PER UNIT TIME; BATCH SIZES; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; COST SAVING; COST STRUCTURE; DECISION VARIABLES; GLOBAL OPTIMUM; GUARANTEED CONVERGENCE; INVENTORY SYSTEMS; NEWSVENDORS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMISATIONS; PERIODIC; SEARCH ALGORITHMS; STATIONARY STOCHASTIC PROCESS; STOCHASTIC DEMAND; TOTAL COSTS;

COSTS; RANDOM PROCESSES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84863929035     PISSN: 00207721     EISSN: 14645319     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207721.2011.555010     Document Type: Article

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