Transportation, facility location and inventory issues in distribution network design: An investigation

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 471-494

  Jayaraman, Vaidyanathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Location; Logistics; Mathematical programming

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032365616     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/01443579810206299     Document Type: Article

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