A new truck-routing approach for reducing fuel consumption and pollutants emission

Transportation Research Part D: Transport and Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 73-77

  Suzuki, Yoshinori ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fuel consumption; Green logistics; Pollutant emissions; Truck routing

Indexed keywords

FUEL CONSUMPTION; FUEL ECONOMY; LOGISTICS; POLLUTION; TRUCKS;

DELIVERY VEHICLE; FUEL SAVINGS; GREEN LOGISTICS; MOTOR CARRIERS; POLLUTANT EMISSION; POLLUTANTS EMISSIONS; ROUTING APPROACH; ROUTING PROBLEMS;

FUELS;

EXHAUST EMISSION; FUEL CONSUMPTION; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; TRUCKING;

EID: 77957019245     PISSN: 13619209     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trd.2010.08.003     Document Type: Article

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