Variants, solution approaches and applications for Vehicle Routing Problems in supply chain: Agile framework and comprehensive review

International Journal of Agile Systems and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-75

  Ganesh, K ^a   Nallathambi, A Sam ^a   Narendran, T T ^b  

^a Lakshmi Machine Works Limited   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

framework; review; solution methodology; variants, Vehicle Routing Problem; VRP

Indexed keywords

EID: 78049280005     PISSN: 17419174     EISSN: 17419182     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJASM.2007.015681     Document Type: Review

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