Selective and periodic inventory routing problem for waste vegetable oil collection

Optimization Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1063-1080

  Aksen, Deniz ^a   Kaya, Onur ^a   Salman, F Sibel ^a   Akça, Yeliz ^a  

^a KOÇ UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Collection; Mixed integer linear programming; Periodic inventory routing; Reverse logistics; Waste vegetable oil

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; INFINITE HORIZONS; INVENTORY ROUTING; INVENTORY ROUTING PROBLEMS; LINEAR RELAXATIONS; LOWER BOUNDS; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS; OPTIMALITY; PERIODIC ROUTING; PRODUCTION REQUIREMENTS; PURCHASING COSTS; PURCHASING DECISIONS; REAL-WORLD PROBLEM; REVERSE LOGISTICS; SOURCE POINTS; WASTE VEGETABLE OIL;

BIODIESEL; INDUSTRY; MANAGERS; REFUSE COLLECTION; SALES;

VEGETABLE OILS;

EID: 84864402928     PISSN: 18624472     EISSN: 18624480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11590-012-0444-1     Document Type: Article

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