Port selection and multicriteria analysis: An application to the Montreal-New York alternative

Maritime Economics and Logistics

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 169-186

  Guy, Emmanuel ^a   Urli, Bruno ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À RIMOUSKI   (Canada)

Author keywords

Montreal; Multicriteria analysis; Network configuration; Port selection; Shipping lines

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745797696     PISSN: 14792931     EISSN: 1479294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.mel.9100152     Document Type: Article

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