Design and analysis of delivery 'pipelines' in truckload trucking

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 255-269

  Don Taylor, G ^a   Whicker, Gary L ^b   Grant DuCote, W ^b  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^b JB Hunt Transport Incorporated   (United States)

Author keywords

Dispatching; Driver management; Truckload trucking

Indexed keywords

TRUCKS;

DESIGN AND ANALYSIS; DISPATCHING; DRIVER MANAGEMENT; FLOW VOLUMES; TRUCKING INDUSTRY; TRUCKLOAD TRUCKING;

PIPELINES;

DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM; OPTIMIZATION; TRUCKING;

EID: 57149140013     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2006.01.006     Document Type: Article

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