Designing optimal routing strategies for a manufacturer: A case study

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 33-41

  Zhao, Qiu Hong ^a   Wang, Shou Yang ^b   Xia, Gio Ping ^a   Lai, K K ^c  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Dynamic programming model; Quantitative sensitivity criterion; Transportation system; Two stage transportation network

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; TRANSPORTATION;

TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS;

MANUFACTURE;

EID: 0142258725     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0953728031000064750     Document Type: Article

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