Analysis of direct shipping policies in an inventory-routing problem with discrete shipping times

Management Science

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 748-762

  Bertazzi, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Direct shipping routes; Inventory routing; Practical policies; Worst case analysis

Indexed keywords

CONTROL THEORY; COSTS; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; FLEET OPERATIONS; OPTIMIZATION; SALES;

BEST FREQUENCIES; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; CONSUMPTION RATES; DIRECT SHIPPING ROUTES; DISCRETE TIME; FREQUENCY-BASED POLICIES; INFINITE TIME HORIZONS; INVENTORY COSTS; INVENTORY ROUTING; LOWER BOUNDS; OPTIMAL COSTS; PRACTICAL POLICIES; PROBLEM INSTANCES; TRANSPORTATION CAPACITIES; TRANSPORTATION COSTS; UNIT VOLUMES; VEHICLE CAPACITIES; WORST CASE; WORST-CASE ANALYSIS; WORST-CASE PERFORMANCE;

VEHICLE ROUTING;

EID: 61849093605     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1070.0768     Document Type: Article

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