A continuous approximation model for time definite many-to-many transportation

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 100-112

  Campbell, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

Continuous approximations; Hub location; Many to many transportation; Time definite transportation

Indexed keywords

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION;

ANALYTICAL EXPRESSIONS; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; CONTINUOUS APPROXIMATIONS; CONTINUOUS DISTRIBUTION; HUB LOCATION; MANY TO MANY; ORIGIN AND DESTINATIONS; TRANSPORTATION COST;

TRANSPORTATION;

COST; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; HUB AND SPOKE NETWORK; NUMERICAL MODEL; OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84878920755     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2013.04.002     Document Type: Article

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