A Single-Product Inventory Model for Multiple Demand Classes

Hasan Arslan
Hasan Arslan
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Sawyer Business School, Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts 02108
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Stephen C. Graves
Stephen C. Graves
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Leaders for Manufacturing Program and A. P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139
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Thomas A. Roemer
Thomas A. Roemer
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The Rady School of Management, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093
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Sawyer Business School, Suffolk University, Boston, Massachusetts 02108

Leaders for Manufacturing Program and A. P. Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

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Thomas A. Roemer

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The Rady School of Management, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093

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Published Online:25 Jul 2007https://doi.org/10.1287/mnsc.1070.0701

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