A new class of stock-level dependent ordering policies for perishables with a short maximum shelf life

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 143, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 434-439

  Haijema, René ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blood products; Dynamic programming; Food; Inventory management; Markov decision problem (MDP); Perishable products; Simulation

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PRODUCTS; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; MARKOV DECISION PROBLEM; PERISHABLE PRODUCT; SIMULATION;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; FOOD PRODUCTS; INVENTORY CONTROL;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84877575506     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2011.05.021     Document Type: Conference Paper

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