A stochastic approach to determine the optimal vaccine vial size

61st Annual IIE Conference and Expo Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Dhamodharan, Aswin ^a   Proano, Ruben A ^a   Kumar, Seshavadhani ^a  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Immunization sessions; Perishable products; Stochastic inventory; Vaccines; Vial size

Indexed keywords

COSTS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EXHIBITIONS; IMMUNIZATION; OPTIMIZATION; RURAL AREAS; SALES; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; WAREHOUSES;

INVENTORY MODELING; PERIODIC REVIEW; PERISHABLE PRODUCT; REORDER POLICIES; STOCHASTIC APPROACH; STOCHASTIC INVENTORY; VACCINE DISTRIBUTIONS; VIAL SIZE;

VACCINES;

EID: 84900333311     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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