Sizing off-shore transshipment systems in dry-bulk transportation

Production Planning and Control

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 508-522

  Cigolini, Roberto ^a   Rossi, Tommaso ^b  

^a School of Management   (Italy)

^b CREMS Centre for Research on Health Economics Social and Health Care Management Carlo Cattaneo University LIUC   (Italy)

Author keywords

fleet management; maritime transportation; performance measurement

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DYNAMIC FEATURES; FLEET MANAGEMENT; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; META MODEL; NAVAL LOGISTICS; OFF-SHORE; OPTIMISATIONS; PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS; PRODUCTION SYSTEM; SERVICE PROVIDER;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION MAKING; PRODUCTION ENGINEERING; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

FLEET OPERATIONS;

EID: 77954054457     PISSN: 09537287     EISSN: 13665871     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537280903514587     Document Type: Article

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