Confidence Intervals for Data-Driven Inventory Policies with Demand Censoring

In recent years, there has been much interest in data-driven decision making. Although this can unlock tremendous value across industries, it is very important to remember that data-driven decision...

• Publication year

  2020

• Venue

  Operational Research

• Publication date

  2020-02-24

• Fields of study

  Mathematics, Business, Computer Science

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  DOI 10.1287/OPRE.2019.1883
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