Stochastic models for the dispatch of consolidated shipments

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 37, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 747-768

  Çetinkaya, Sila ^a   Bookbinder, James H ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Renewal theory; Shipment consolidation

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DECISION MAKING; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INVENTORY CONTROL; PRODUCTION; TRUCKS;

SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT;

TRANSPORTATION;

FREIGHT TRANSPORT; MODELING; PLANNING METHOD; STOCHASTICITY; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 0038646140     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0191-2615(02)00060-7     Document Type: Article

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