Asymptotically optimal inventory control for assemble-to-order systems with identical lead times

Operations Research

Volumn 63, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 716-732

  Reiman, Martin I ^a   Wang, Qiong ^b  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LINEAR PROGRAMMING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ALLOCATION DECISION; ASSEMBLE-TO-ORDER (ATO); ASYMPTOTICALLY OPTIMAL; IDENTICAL COMPONENTS; INVENTORY CONTROL POLICIES; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; REPLENISHMENT POLICY; TWO-STAGE STOCHASTIC PROGRAMS;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 84928468369     PISSN: 0030364X     EISSN: 15265463     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/opre.2015.1372     Document Type: Article

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