A stochastic inventory routing problem (SIRP) is typically the combination of stochastic inventory control problems and NP-hard vehicle routing problems, for a depot to determine delivery volumes to its customers in each period, and vehicle routes to distribute the delivery volumes. This paper...

On November 4th 2009, non-accelerated filers have been permanently exempted from compliance with SOX Section 404(b) (404 (b)) which called for independent auditor attestation. While compliance with 404(b) had never been mandatory, a number of companies voluntarily comply with it despite the...