Blood platelet inventory management with protection levels

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 243, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 826-838

  Civelek, Ismail ^a   Karaesmen, Itir ^b   Scheller Wolf, Alan ^c  

^a WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical level policy; Heuristics; Inventory management; OR in health services; Perishable goods

Indexed keywords

MARKOV PROCESSES; PLATELETS;

CRITICAL LEVEL POLICY; HEURISTICS; INVENTORY MANAGEMENT; OR IN HEALTH SERVICES; PERISHABLE GOODS;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 84923649891     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2015.01.023     Document Type: Article

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