Information-sensitive replenishment when inventory records are inaccurate

Production and Operations Management

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 792-810

  Mersereau, Adam J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

dynamic programming; inventory management; record inaccuracy; retail operations

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880763080     PISSN: 10591478     EISSN: 19375956     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1937-5956.2011.01305.x     Document Type: Article

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