A characterization of optimal base-stock levels for a multistage serial supply chain

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 32-46

  Berling, Peter ^a   Martínez De Albéniz, Victor ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b IESE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

Author keywords

inventory; multi echelon; unit decomposition

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INVENTORY CONTROL; OPTIMAL CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SUPPLY CHAINS;

CONTINUOUS REVIEW; INVENTORY; MULTI-STAGE MODELS; MULTIECHELON; OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEM; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; SOLUTION APPROACH; STOCHASTIC DEMAND;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84960460651     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: 15206750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nav.21675     Document Type: Article

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