Managing perishable and aging inventories: Review and future research directions

International Series in Operations Research and Management Science

Volumn 151, Issue , 2011, Pages 393-436

  Karaesmen, Itir Z ^a   Scheller Wolf, Alan ^b   Deniz, Borga ^b  

^a AMERICAN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 84959165783     PISSN: 08848289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-6485-4_15     Document Type: Chapter

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