The core, Shapley value, nucleolus and Nash bargaining solution are the most widely used
solution concepts in cooperative game theory. This paper surveys the literature on recent …

It has long been recognized that many inventory models most relevant to practice are
inherently high‐dimensional, and hence generally believed to become computationally …

This paper provides a survey of literature reviews in the area of lot sizing. Its intention is to
show which streams of research emerged from Harris' seminal lot size model, and which …

Supply chain management is related to the coordination of materials, products and
information flows among suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, retailers and customers …

We study profit allocation rules for joint replenishment among retailers under a carbon cap-
and-trade policy. In particular, we consider retailers' altruistic behavior when designing the …

Companies that maintain capital goods (eg, airplanes or power plants) often face high costs,
both for holding spare parts and due to downtime of their technical systems. These costs can …

Problem definition: Microretailers in remote rural areas in developing countries face high
replenishment costs because of poor road infrastructure and the lack of formal distribution …

The purpose of this paper is to introduce a heuristic approach that uses a capacitated
inventory model as means for identifying a collaborative agreement between different …

Process improvement plays a significant role in reducing production costs over the life cycle
of a product. We consider the role of process improvement in a decentralized assembly …

Abstract Meca et al.(2004) studied a class of inventory games which arise when a group of
retailers who observe demand for a common item decide to cooperate and make joint orders …