Modeling inventory routing problems in supply chains of high consumption products

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1048-1063

  Aghezzaf, El Houssaine ^a   Raa, Birger ^a   Van Landeghem, Hendrik ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Column generation; Distribution; Heuristics; Inventory; Transportation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INDUSTRIAL MANAGEMENT; INVENTORY CONTROL; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TRANSPORTATION;

COLUMN GENERATION; DISTRIBUTION; HEURISTICS; INVENTORY;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 27144476151     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.02.008     Document Type: Conference Paper

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