Performance evaluation of distribution strategies for the inventory routing problem

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 202, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 412-419

  Li, Jianxiang ^a,b   Chen, Haoxun ^b   Chu, Feng ^b  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

Author keywords

Direct shipping; Distribution; Fixed partitioning policy; Inventory routing; Logistics; Worst case analysis

Indexed keywords

DIRECT SHIPPING; DISTRIBUTION; FIXED PARTITIONING POLICY; INVENTORY ROUTING; WORST CASE ANALYSIS;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; NONLINEAR CONTROL SYSTEMS;

SALES;

EID: 70349943939     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2009.05.018     Document Type: Article

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