A top-down approach and a decision support system for the design and management of logistic networks

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1185-1204

  Manzini, Riccardo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cluster analysis (CA); Decision support system (DSS); Location allocation problem (LAP); Logistic network; Mixed integer linear programming (MILP); Supply chain (SC)

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; LINEAR PROGRAMING; LOCATION-ALLOCATION MODEL; LOGISTICS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; TOP-DOWN CONTROL; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM;

EID: 84864044817     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2012.06.004     Document Type: Article

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