Minimizing driving times and greenhouse gas emissions in timber transport with a near-exact solution approach

Scandinavian Journal of Forest Research

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 493-506

  Oberscheider, Marco ^a   Zazgornik, Jan ^a   Henriksen, Christian Bugge ^b   Gronalt, Manfred ^a   Hirsch, Patrick ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Green logistics; greenhouse gas mitigation; log truck scheduling; mixed integer programming; optimization; timber transport

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS POWER PLANTS; GREEN LOGISTICS; GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION; ITERATIVE SOLUTION METHODS; MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MULTI-DEPOT VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEMS; PICKUP AND DELIVERY; TIMBER TRANSPORT;

BIOMASS; COMPETITION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FUEL CONSUMPTION; GAS EMISSIONS; GREENHOUSE GASES; ITERATIVE METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; POWER PLANTS; SUPPLY CHAINS; TIMBER; TRUCK TRANSPORTATION;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

EID: 84879052590     PISSN: 02827581     EISSN: 16511891     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02827581.2012.758309     Document Type: Article

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