The influence of time windows on the costs of urban freight distribution services in city logistics applications

European Journal of Transport and Infrastructure Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 256-274

  Deflorio, Francesco ^a   Gonzalez Feliu, Jesus ^b   Perboli, Guido ^a,c   Tadei, Roberto ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c INTERUNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTRE ON ENTERPRISE NETWORKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compatibility indicators; Evaluation method; Real life applications; Simulation; Urban freight distribution

Indexed keywords

QUALITY MANAGEMENT; URBAN PLANNING;

COMPATIBILITY INDICATORS; EVALUATION METHOD; REAL-LIFE APPLICATIONS; SIMULATION; URBAN FREIGHT DISTRIBUTION;

COST ESTIMATING;

EID: 84862681256     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15677141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18757/ejtir.2012.12.3.2965     Document Type: Article

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