Optimal Policies for a Capacitated Two-Echelon Inventory System

Rodney P. Parker
Rodney P. Parker
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Yale School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8200
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Roman Kapuscinski
Roman Kapuscinski
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University of Michigan Business School, 701 Tappan Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1234
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Rodney P. Parker

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Yale School of Management, New Haven, Connecticut 06520-8200

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Roman Kapuscinski

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University of Michigan Business School, 701 Tappan Street, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109-1234

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Published Online:1 Oct 2004https://doi.org/10.1287/opre.1040.0131

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