Centralized carrier collaboration multihub location problem for less-than-truckload industry

Transportation Research Record

Volumn , Issue 2269, 2012, Pages 20-28

  Hernández, Salvador ^a   Unnikrishnan, Avinash ^b   Awale, Satyen S ^a  

^a 500 W University Avenue   (United States)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOCATION; OUTSOURCING; SHIPS; TRUCKS;

CARRIER COLLABORATION; CENTRAL-ENTITY; CENTRALISED; EXPECTED PROFITS; LESS-THAN-TRUCKLOAD; LOCATION PROBLEMS; LOGISTIC FIRMS; NETWORK SIZE; PROFIT MARGIN; THIRD-PARTY LOGISTICS;

PROFITABILITY;

EID: 84891118654     PISSN: 03611981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3141/2269-03     Document Type: Article

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