Heuristics for assessing emergency transshipments

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 311-316

  Evers, Philip T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; OUTSOURCING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUPERVISORY PERSONNEL;

EMERGENCY TRANSSHIPMENTS; POSTPONEMENT-SPECULATION;

INVENTORY CONTROL;

EID: 0035284211     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(00)00228-9     Document Type: Article

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