Geng, Wei; Qiu, Minmin; Zhao, Xiaobo - In: International Journal of Production Economics 128 (2010) 1, pp. 434-444
We consider a single-distributor multi-retailer inventory system in six operating scenarios for a finite horizon. Five scenarios are in decentralized control and the other one is in centralized control. Approximate dynamic programming (ADP) procedures are developed to obtain system performances...