A survey on maritime fleet size and mix problems

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 235, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 341-349

  Pantuso, Giovanni ^a   Fagerholt, Kjetil ^a,b   Hvattum, Lars Magnus ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF OCEAN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Fleet planning; Logistics; Maritime transportation

Indexed keywords

DECISION SUPPORTS; FLEET PLANNING; FLEET SIZE AND MIXES; LITERATURE SURVEY; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; SHIPPING MARKET; STATE OF THE ART;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; LOGISTICS; RESEARCH; SURVEYS; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

FLEET OPERATIONS;

EID: 84893814090     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.04.058     Document Type: Article

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