Near-optimal heuristics and managerial insights for the storage constrained, inbound inventory routing problem

International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 152-173

  Natarajarathinam, Malini ^a   Stacey, Jennifer ^b   Sox, Charles ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA   (United States)

Author keywords

Inventory management; Inventory routing; Operations management; Parts; Set partitioning; Storage management; Subgradient optimization; Vehicle routing

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857967084     PISSN: 09600035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09600031211219663     Document Type: Article

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