Minimizing empty hauls in multi-day, multi-depot trucking

International Transactions in Operational Research

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 201-210

  Arcelus, F J ^a   Eiselt, H A ^a   Lin, E Y H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW BRUNSWICK   (Canada)

Author keywords

Backhaul optimization; Routing; Sensitivity analyses; Trucking

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053618692     PISSN: 09696016     EISSN: 14753995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3995.1998.tb00115.x     Document Type: Article

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