Optimizing pricing and ordering strategies in a three-level supply chain under return policy

Subject Areas : Mathematical Optimization

Mahsa Noori-daryan ¹ , Ata Allah Taleizadeh ²

1 - School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
2 - School of Industrial Engineering, College of Engineering, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Received: 2020-10-08 Accepted : 2020-10-08 Published : 2020-03-01

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