Optimization, risk assessment and resilience in LNG transportation systems

Supply Chain Management

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 253-264

  Berle, Øyvind ^a   Norstad, Inge ^a   Asbjørnslett, Bjorn E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fleet routing and scheduling; LNG; Marine transport; Maritime transportation; Monte Carlo simulation; Supply chain management; Supply chain risk

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878883676     PISSN: 13598546     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/SCM-03-2012-0109     Document Type: Article

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