On human decision behavior in multi-echelon inventory management

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 161, Issue , 2015, Pages 116-128

  Zhao, Yingshuai ^a   Zhao, Xiaobo ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Behavior; Decision analysis; Inventory; Multi echelon supply chain

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; DECISION MAKING; DECISION THEORY; INFORMATION ANALYSIS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

BEHAVIOR; FULL INFORMATIONS; IMPROVING PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION SHARING; INVENTORY; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; MULTI ECHELON SUPPLY CHAINS; MULTI-ECHELON INVENTORY;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 84921759203     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2014.12.005     Document Type: Article

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