Regional fleet design in truckload trucking

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 167-190

  Don Taylor, G ^a   DuCote, W Grant ^b   Whicker, Gary L ^a  

^a State University   (United States)

^b JB Hunt Transport Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispatching; Fleet design; Regional; Simulation; Truckload trucking

Indexed keywords

FLEET OPERATIONS;

CONTINENTAL SCALE; DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; DISPATCHING; FLEET DESIGN; REGIONAL; SIMULATION; SIMULATION MODEL; TRUCKLOAD TRUCKING;

TRUCKS;

DESIGN; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; TRUCKING;

NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 31144447201     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2004.11.001     Document Type: Article

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