Heuristics for the multi-depot petrol station replenishment problem with time windows

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 220, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 361-369

  Cornillier, Fabien ^a   Boctor, Fayez ^b   Renaud, Jacques ^b  

^a CENTRUM CATÓLICA GRADUATE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Peru)

^b INTERUNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTRE ON ENTERPRISE NETWORKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Petrol station replenishment; Truck fleet management; Vehicle routing and scheduling

Indexed keywords

AUTOMOBILES; GASOLINE; HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHEDULING; TANK TRUCKS; TANKS (CONTAINERS); TRUCKS; VEHICLE ROUTING;

DISTRIBUTION STATIONS; INTER-RELATED DECISIONS; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PETROL STATION REPLENISHMENTS; SOLUTION METHODS; SOLUTION PROCESS; TRUCK-FLEET MANAGEMENTS; VEHICLE ROUTING AND SCHEDULING;

FLEET OPERATIONS;

EID: 84859805498     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2012.02.007     Document Type: Article

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