Multi-location transshipment problem with capacitated production

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 226, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 425-435

  Özdemir, Deniz ^a   Yücesan, Enver ^b   Herer, Yale T ^c  

^a YASAR UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b INSEAD   (France)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Infinitesimal perturbation analysis; Inventory production: multi location transshipments; Random search; Simulation applications: sample average approximation

Indexed keywords

INFINITESIMAL PERTURBATION ANALYSIS; INVENTORY/PRODUCTION; LATERAL TRANSSHIPMENTS; LEVEL OF SERVICE; NETWORK FLOW PROBLEMS; PRODUCTION CAPACITY; PRODUCTION INVENTORY SYSTEM; RANDOM SEARCHES; SAMPLE AVERAGE APPROXIMATION; STOCHASTIC OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; SUPPLY CAPACITY; SYSTEM BEHAVIORS; TRANSSHIPMENT MODELS; TRANSSHIPMENT PROBLEM;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

APPROXIMATION THEORY;

EID: 84872924672     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.11.014     Document Type: Article

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