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Complexity
Volume 2017, Article ID 1460163, 9 pages
https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/1460163
Research Article

Stochastic Reliability Measurement and Design Optimization of an Inventory Management System

Abdulaziz T. Almaktoom

Department of Operations and Information Management, Effat University, P.O. Box 34689, Jeddah 21478, Saudi Arabia

Correspondence should be addressed to Abdulaziz T. Almaktoom; moc.liamg@mootkamlata

Received 1 March 2017; Revised 7 June 2017; Accepted 27 June 2017; Published 30 August 2017

Academic Editor: Dominik T. Matt

Copyright © 2017 Abdulaziz T. Almaktoom. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

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