A carrier collaboration problem for less-than-truckload carriers: characteristics and carrier collaboration model

Transportmetrica A: Transport Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 327-349

  Hernández, Salvador ^a   Peeta, Srinivas ^b  

^a 500 W University Avenue   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

collaborative logistics; freight transportation; less than truckload trucking; minimum cost flow

Indexed keywords

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; COSTS; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; TRUCK TRANSPORTATION;

BRANCH-AND-CUT ALGORITHMS; COLLABORATIVE LOGISTICS; COLLABORATIVE STRATEGIES; COMPUTATIONAL PERFORMANCE; DEGREE OF COLLABORATION; LESS-THAN-TRUCKLOAD; MINIMUM COST FLOW PROBLEM; MINIMUM COST FLOWS;

TRUCKS;

EID: 84896452398     PISSN: 23249935     EISSN: 23249943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/23249935.2013.766279     Document Type: Article

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