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Optimal Inventory Control for Empty Containers in a Port with Random Demands and Repositioning Delays

In: International Handbook of Maritime Economics

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  • Dong-Ping Song
  • Qing Zhang

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This timely and comprehensive new Handbook brings together an unrivalled group of distinguished scholars and practitioners to provide in-depth analysis and a contemporary perspective on a wide-ranging array of topics in maritime economics.

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  • Dong-Ping Song & Qing Zhang, 2011. "Optimal Inventory Control for Empty Containers in a Port with Random Demands and Repositioning Delays," Chapters, in: Kevin Cullinane (ed.), International Handbook of Maritime Economics, chapter 14, Edward Elgar Publishing.
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