The multilocation transshipment problem

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 185-200

  Herer, Yale T ^a   Tzur, Michal ^b   Yücesan, Enver ^c  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c INSEAD   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; INVENTORY CONTROL; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

MULTILOCATION TRANSSHIPMENT PROBLEM; NETWORK FLOW FRAMEWORK; OPTIMAL POLICIES;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 32144454334     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07408170500434539     Document Type: Article

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