Multi-vehicle sequential resource allocation for a nonprofit distribution system

IIE Transactions (Institute of Industrial Engineers)

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1279-1297

  Balcik, Burcu ^a   Iravani, Seyed ^b   Smilowitz, Karen ^b  

^a OZYEGIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

Author keywords

clustering; equity; food banks; nonprofit operations; resource allocation; Vehicle routing

Indexed keywords

SOLID WASTES; VEHICLE ROUTING;

CLUSTERING; DEMAND VARIABILITY; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; EQUITY; FOOD BANKS; HIGH-QUALITY SOLUTIONS; NONPROFIT OPERATIONS; SEQUENTIAL ALLOCATIONS;

RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

EID: 84906258456     PISSN: 0740817X     EISSN: 15458830     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0740817X.2013.876240     Document Type: Article

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