Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Edition
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ISBN: 9781478623069
Author: Steven Nahmias, Tava Lennon Olsen
Publisher: Waveland Press, Inc.
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Chapter 5.3, Problem 7P
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Interpretation:accurately measure the daily demand of newspaper.
Concept introduction:new vendor formula assumes that the demand in the period was described by a continuous probability distribution.
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Production and Operations Analysis, Seventh Edition
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