Simulation-based evolution of resupply and routing policies in rich vendor-managed inventory scenarios

Central European Journal of Operations Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 379-400

  Vonolfen, Stefan ^a   Affenzeller, Michael ^a   Beham, Andreas ^a   Lengauer, Efrem ^b   Wagner, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UPPER AUSTRIA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UPPER AUSTRIA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Resupply and routing policies; Simulation based optimization; Stochastic inventory routing; Vendor managed inventory

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874801493     PISSN: 1435246X     EISSN: 16139178     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10100-011-0232-5     Document Type: Article

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