Optimal and asymptotically optimal policies for assemble-to-order n- and W-systems

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 62, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 617-645

  Lu, Lijian ^a   Song, Jing Sheng ^b   Zhang, Hanqin ^c  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

assemble to order system; asymptotic analysis; inventory control

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC ANALYSIS; INVENTORY CONTROL; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ASSEMBLE TO ORDER; ASSEMBLE TO ORDER SYSTEMS (ATO); ASYMPTOTICALLY OPTIMAL; COMPARATIVE STATICS; COMPONENT ALLOCATION; CONDITIONAL EXPECTATION; REPLENISHMENT POLICY; SAMPLE-PATH ANALYSIS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84954368024     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: 15206750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nav.21671     Document Type: Article

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