In.ventory Management of Platelets in Hospitals: Optimal Inventory Policy for Perishable Products with Emergency Replenishments
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Deming Zhou and Lawrence C. Leung Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China, Email: William P. Pierskalla UCLA Anderson School of Management, The University of California, Los Angeles, 110 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA [email protected]; [email protected]; 3 [email protected]
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