Infinite horizon strategies for replenishment systems with a general pool of suppliers

Operations Research

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 141-159

  Federgruen, Awi ^a   Yang, Nan ^b  

^a Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Infinite horizon inventory control; Random yield; Supply diversification

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE-COST CRITERIA; BACKLOGGING COSTS; HEURISTIC POLICIES; INFINITE HORIZONS; OPTIMAL STATIONARY POLICY; RANDOM YIELD; SUPPLY DIVERSIFICATION; UNSATISFIED DEMAND;

INDUSTRY; INVENTORY CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION;

COSTS;

EID: 84896883987     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.2013.1237     Document Type: Article

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