Petrol delivery tanker assignment and routing: A case study in Hong Kong

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1191-1200

  Ng, W L ^a   Leung, S C H ^a   Lam, J K P ^a   Pan, S W ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Decision support system; Fleet management; Optimization; Vehicle assignment; Vehicle routing; Vendor managed inventory

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; GASOLINE; OPTIMIZATION; VEHICLE ROUTING; VEHICLES;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM (DSS); FLEET MANAGEMENT; MULTIPLE-OBJECTIVES; OPERATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS; UTILIZATION OF RESOURCES; VEHICLE ASSIGNMENT; VENDOR MANAGED INVENTORY; VENDOR MANAGED INVENTORY SYSTEMS;

FLEET OPERATIONS;

EID: 49749144782     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/palgrave.jors.2602464     Document Type: Article

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