| Article ID: | iaor19931684 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 28 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 283 |
| End Page Number: | 288 |
| Publication Date: | Dec 1992 |
| Journal: | International Journal of Production Economics |
| Authors: | Chand Suresh, Voros Jozsef |
| Keywords: | heuristics |
In this paper, the multi-stage inventory model is analysed in the backlogging case and a cost modification structure is suggested with the help of which the performance of the level-by-level heuristics can be improved. The performance of these improved heuristics is also investigated in special input structures where simple level-by-level heuristics show extremely bad results.