Can online grocers deliver? Some logistics considerations

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 1817, 2002, Pages 17-24

  Lin, Iris I ^a   Mahmassani, Hani S ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COSTS; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ONLINE SYSTEMS;

ONLINE SHOPPING; ROAD NETWORK TOPOLOGY;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 0036978459     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/1817-03     Document Type: Article

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