Allocation policies and cost approximations for multilocation inventory systems

DOI10.1002/nav.3800310112zbMath0529.90030OpenAlexW2125244576MaRDI QIDQ3311984

Paul Zipkin, Awi Federgruen

Publication date: 1984

Published in: Naval Research Logistics Quarterly (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1002/nav.3800310112

zbMATH Keywords

approximationcentral depotrandom demandseffective allocation policiesmultilocation inventory systemsnear-optimal order policyseveral locations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inventory, storage, reservoirs (90B05)

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