Integrating purchasing and routing in a propane gas supply chain

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 154, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 710-729

  Chiang, Wen Chyuan ^a   Russell, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution; Logistics; Metaheuristics; Routing; Supply chain management

Indexed keywords

DATA PROCESSING; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LOGISTICS; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROPANE; PURCHASING; TANK TRUCKS;

ELASTIC SET PARTITIONING (ESP); SUPPLY CHAIN CONFIGURATION; VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEMS;

GAS SUPPLY;

EID: 0347593833     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(02)00818-4     Document Type: Article

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