Location of slaughterhouses under economies of scale

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 175, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 740-750

  Broek, John v d ^a   Schütz, Peter ^b   Stougie, Leen ^a   Tomasgard, Asgeir ^c  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c SINTEF TECHNOLOGY AND SOCIETY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Branch and bound; Economies of scale; Integer programming; Location; Non linear programming

Indexed keywords

HEURISTIC METHODS; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LOCATION; MEATS; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING;

BRANCH-AND-BOUND; COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE; ECONOMIES OF SCALE; SLAUGHTERHOUSE;

INDUSTRIAL PLANTS;

EID: 33748417326     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.05.025     Document Type: Article

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