Setting the length of the planning horizon in the vehicle replacement problem

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 550-559

  De Sousa, Jorge Freire ^a   Guimarães, Rui Campos ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Planning horizon; Vehicle replacement

Indexed keywords

COST ACCOUNTING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; PLANNING; RANDOM PROCESSES; REPAIR; SERVICE LIFE;

VEHICLE REPLACEMENT;

VEHICLES;

EID: 0031223228     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(96)00179-8     Document Type: Article

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