Purchasing decisions under stochastic prices: Approximate solutions for order time, order quantity and supplier selection

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 201, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 287-305

  Hu, Xiangling ^a   Munson, Charles L ^b   Fotopoulos, Stergios B ^b  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Price modeling; Purchasing; Risk; Supplier selection; Supply contracts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84870529060     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-012-1194-2     Document Type: Article

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