A hybrid of a LP and statistics approach to evaluate a transportation model for a ready concrete company

International Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 268-295

  Loukanidis, Dimitrios ^a   Papadopoulos, Panagiotis ^b   Syntakis, Miltiadis ^b  

^a City Liberal Studies   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (Greece)

Author keywords

Degenerate variable; Opportunity cost; Optimal distribution transportation plan; Sensitivity analysis; Simplex method

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349143829     PISSN: 17457645     EISSN: 17457653     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJOR.2009.023285     Document Type: Article

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