Modelling and case study of reverse logistics for construction aggregates

International Journal of Logistics Systems and Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 39-59

  Sinha, Sanjeev ^a   Shankar, Ravi ^a   Taneerananon, Pichai ^a  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

Author keywords

construction aggregates; construction and demolition waste; modelling; recycling; reverse logistics; stochastic

Indexed keywords

EID: 80051649277     PISSN: 17427967     EISSN: 17427975     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJLSM.2010.029720     Document Type: Article

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