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Estimation of Inventory Re-Order Levels Using the Bootstrap Statistical Procedure

JAMES H. BOOKBINDER Department of Management Sciences, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, CANADA
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ANNE E. LORDAHL Department of Mathematics, Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, L2S 3A1, CANADA
Pages 302-312 | Received 01 May 1987, Published online: 12 Jul 2010

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