An approximate approach for the joint problem of level of repair analysis and spare parts stocking

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 224, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 121-145

  Basten, R J I ^a   vander Heijden M C ^a   Schutten, J M J ^a   Kutanoglu, E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Heuristic; Inventories; Level of repair analysis; Optimization; Spare parts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864052861     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-012-1188-0     Document Type: Article

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