Class of sustainable supply chain routing problems - Framework and comprehensive review

International Journal of Services and Operations Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 188-220

  Sivakumar, P ^a   Ganesh, K ^b   Ducq, Yves ^c   Anbuudayasankar, S P ^d  

^a Vickram College of Engineering   (India)

^b IBM INDIA RESEARCH LAB   (India)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^d AMRITA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

SSC; SSCR; Sustainable supply chain; Sustainable supply chain routing; Vehicle routing problem; VRP

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861860192     PISSN: 17442370     EISSN: 17442389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSOM.2012.047105     Document Type: Review

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