Carrier selection optimization based on multi-commodity reliability criterion for a stochastic logistics network under a budget constraint

International Journal of Innovative Computing, Information and Control

Volumn 8, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 5439-5453

  Lin, Yi Kuei ^a   Yeh, Cheng Ta ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Budget constraint; Genetic algorithm; Multi commodity reliability; Multi commodity stochastic logistics network; Optimal carrier selection; Recursive sum of disjoint products

Indexed keywords

BUDGET CONSTRAINT; LOGISTICS NETWORK; MULTI-COMMODITY; OPTIMAL CARRIER SELECTION; RECURSIVE SUM OF DISJOINT PRODUCTS;

BENCHMARKING; BUDGET CONTROL; CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; RELIABILITY; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

LOGISTICS;

EID: 84866012076     PISSN: 13494198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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