The freight allocation problem with lane cost balancing constraint

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 217, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 26-35

  Lim, Andrew ^a   Qin, Hu ^a,b   Xu, Zhou ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Cost balance; Freight allocation; Minimum quantity commitment; Tabu search

Indexed keywords

ALLOCATION PROBLEMS; BRANCH-AND-CUT; COST BALANCE; DECISION MAKERS; FEASIBLE SOLUTION; FREIGHT ALLOCATION; FREIGHT CAPACITY; HIGH-QUALITY SOLUTIONS; META-HEURISTIC APPROACH; MINIMUM QUANTITY COMMITMENT; MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING MODEL; SHIPPING COMPANIES; SHIPPING LANES; STRATEGIC ALLIANCE; TRANSPORTATION COST;

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COSTS; DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; TABU SEARCH;

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 80054917113     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.08.028     Document Type: Article

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