Strategic design and analysis of a relay network in truckload transportation

Transportation Science

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 505-523

  Üster, Halit ^a   Kewcharoenwong, Panitan ^a  

^a Texas AandM University   (United States)

Author keywords

Benders'decomposition; Relay network; Truckload transportation

Indexed keywords

TRUCKS;

BENDERS' DECOMPOSITIONS; COMPUTATIONAL EXPERIMENT; PICKUP AND DELIVERY; RELAY NETWORK; SOLUTION ALGORITHMS; SURROGATE CONSTRAINTS; TRUCKLOAD TRANSPORTATIONS; UNDERLYING NETWORKS;

RELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS;

EID: 81555201630     PISSN: 00411655     EISSN: 15265447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.1100.0355     Document Type: Article

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