Flexibility and complexity in periodic distribution problems

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 136-150

  Francis, Peter ^a   Smilowitz, Karen ^a   Tzur, Michal ^b  

^a Northwestern University   (United States)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Operational complexity; Period vehicle routing problem; Tabu Search

Indexed keywords

OPERATIONAL COMPLEXITY; PERIOD VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEMS; PERIODIC DISTRIBUTION; SERVICE CHOICE;

COST ACCOUNTING; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TABU SEARCH;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 33847747011     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: 15206750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nav.20195     Document Type: Article

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