Research on the Optimization of Intermodal Empty Container Reposition of Land-carriage

Journal of Transportation Systems Engineering and Information Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 29-33

  WANG, Bin ^a   WANG, Zhongchen ^a  

^a SHANGHAI SECOND POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

container; integer programming; intermodal reposition; reposition of empty container

Indexed keywords

DATA STRUCTURES; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

EMPTY CONTAINER; INTERMODAL REPOSITION; VARIED TRANSPORT METHODS;

CONTAINERS;

EID: 34347385594     PISSN: 15706672     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1570-6672(07)60020-8     Document Type: Article

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