Vehicle routing concepts in the closed-loop container network of ARN - A case study

OR Spectrum

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 53-71

  Le Blanc, Ieke ^a   Van Krieken, Maaike ^a   Krikke, Harold ^a   Fleuren, Hein ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Closed loop supply chain management; Distribution planning; Reverse logistics; Set partitioning; Vehicle routing

Indexed keywords

EID: 28844437428     PISSN: 01716468     EISSN: 14366304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00291-005-0003-6     Document Type: Article

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