Determining the optimal vaccine vial size in developing countries: A Monte Carlo simulation approach

Health Care Management Science

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 188-196

  Dhamodharan, Aswin ^a   Proano, Ruben A ^a  

^a Kate Gleason College of Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Lot sizing policy; Perishable products; Session size; Stochastic; Vaccines; Vial size

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864568628     PISSN: 13869620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10729-012-9200-4     Document Type: Article

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