A partition approach to the inventory/routing problem

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 786-802

  Zhao, Qiu Hong ^a   Wang, Shou Yang ^b   Lai, K K ^c  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SYSTEMS SCIENCE   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Distribution system; Inventory control and vehicle routing schedules; Partition approach; Tabu search algorithm

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DATA WAREHOUSES; INVENTORY CONTROL; MOTION PLANNING;

DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; PARTITION APPROACHES; TABU SEARCH ALGORITHM; VEHICLE ROUTING SCHEDULES;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 33750487803     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2005.11.030     Document Type: Article

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