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Multi-echelon service models for inventory systems under different rationing policies

A. G. Lagodimos University of Cambridge, Engineering Department, Management Studies Group, Cambridge CB2 1RX, UK
Pages 939-956 | Received 01 Jun 1991, Published online: 23 Mar 2012

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