Using announcement options in the bid construction phase for disaster relief procurement

Socio-Economic Planning Sciences

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 306-314

  Ertem, Mustafa A ^a   Buyurgan, Nebil ^b   Pohl, Edward A ^b  

^a CANKAYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b University of Arkansas   (United States)

Author keywords

Bid construction; Heuristics; Humanitarian logistics; Integer programming; Procurement auctions

Indexed keywords

DISASTER MANAGEMENT; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HUMANITARIAN AID; LOGISTICS; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

EID: 84867234212     PISSN: 00380121     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seps.2012.03.004     Document Type: Article

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