Optimizing Reorder Intervals for Two-Echelon Distribution Systems with Stochastic Demand

DOI10.1287/OPRE.2015.1347zbMath1329.90015OpenAlexW2121198230MaRDI QIDQ3453347

Sean X. Zhou, Zhijie Tao, Kevin H. Shang

Publication date: 20 November 2015

Published in: Operations Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://semanticscholar.org/paper/bda8c52ba3083084631fbdfeb4196cb88c3b5985

zbMATH Keywords

multi-echelonlower bound function

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximation methods and heuristics in mathematical programming (90C59) Inventory, storage, reservoirs (90B05)

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