A two-level network for recycling sand: A case study

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 110, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 199-214

  Barros, A I ^a,b   Dekker, R ^a   Scholten, V ^a  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Environment; Heuristics; Location; Reverse logistics

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RECYCLING; SAND; WASTE DISPOSAL;

REVERSE LOGISTICS; TWO-LEVEL NETWORKS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0032187710     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(98)00093-9     Document Type: Article

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