Bulk tank allocation to improve distribution planning for the industrial gas industry

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 557-566

  Ellis, Kimberly P ^a   Sherali, Hanif D ^a   Saunders, Lance ^a   Shao, Shengzhi ^a   Crawford, Charlie ^a  

^a Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Distribution planning; Industrial gas industry; Inventory routing; Large scale optimization; Tank allocation

Indexed keywords

GAS INDUSTRY; GASES; SALES;

CLUSTERING CUSTOMERS; DECOMPOSITION APPROACH; DISTRIBUTION PLANNING; INVENTORY ROUTING; LARGE-SCALE OPTIMIZATION; MIXED-INTEGER PROGRAMS; SET OF CUSTOMERS; TANK ALLOCATIONS;

TANKS (CONTAINERS);

EID: 84896285822     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2013.849831     Document Type: Article

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