Multi-period inventory sharing between independent retailers : models for different degrees of information sharing

• Main Author: Zhang, Zhibin
• Other Authors: Fung Tat Ching
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Engineering::Manufacturing::Inventory control
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/143024
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The problem of inventory sharing between independent retailers is studied. Current literature focuses on the single-period problem, of which a large majority is restricted to two retailers. In contrast, we consider the multi-period, multi-ordering problem that permits more than two retailers. In thi...