Exact and heuristic solutions for a shipment problem with given frequencies

Management Science

Volumn 46, Issue 7, 2000, Pages 973-988

  Bertazzi, Luca ^a   Speranza, Maria Grazia ^a   Ukovich, Walter ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COSTS; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; INVENTORY CONTROL; PROBLEM SOLVING; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

DOMINANCE RULES; SHIPPING FREQUENCIES;

DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS;

EID: 0034226804     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.46.7.973.12032     Document Type: Article

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