Lower Bounds for Multi-Echelon Stochastic Inventory Systems

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DOI10.1287/mnsc.40.11.1426zbMath0823.90034OpenAlexW2140520558MaRDI QIDQ4834352

Fangruo Chen, Yu-Sheng Zheng

Publication date: 28 May 1995

Published in: Management Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.40.11.1426




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