Interdependent transportation and production activity at the United States postal service

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-37

  Metters, Richard D ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Integer programming; Inventory routeing; Postal service; Vehicle routeing

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; INVENTORY CONTROL; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; SCHEDULING; TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

INVENTORY/ROUTING MODEL; UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE;

POSTAL SERVICES;

EID: 0029777609     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.1996.3     Document Type: Article

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