Fast heuristics for a combined production planning and vehicle routing problem

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 85-96

  Boudia, Mourad ^a   Louly, Mohamed Aly Ould ^a   Prins, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

Author keywords

Coordination; Distribution; Heuristic; Production planning; Vehicle routing

Indexed keywords

COST REDUCTION; MANUFACTURE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PRODUCTION CONTROL; VEHICLE ROUTING;

COORDINATION; DISTRIBUTION; HEURISTICS; PRODUCTION PLANNING;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

EID: 39749189321     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280801893356     Document Type: Article

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