Selecting the location of minihubs for freight delivery in congested downtown areas

Journal of Computational Science

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 228-237

  Muñuzuri, Jesús ^a   Cortés, Pablo ^a   Grosso, Rafael ^a   Guadix, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SEVILLE   (Spain)

Author keywords

City logistics; Genetic algorithm; Location; Mini hubs

Indexed keywords

ACCESS TIME; CITY LOGISTICS; COMPUTATIONAL PROCESS; DELIVERY SYSTEMS; DELIVERY VEHICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FREIGHT DELIVERIES; LARGE CITIES; LOCATION MODELS; MINI-HUBS; OPTIMAL LOCATIONS; SEVILLE; URBAN AREAS;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS; PARKS;

LOCATION;

EID: 84861949007     PISSN: 18777503     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocs.2011.12.002     Document Type: Article

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