Strategic analysis of the dairy transportation problem

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 44-56

  Lahrichi, Nadia ^a,b   Crainic, Teodor Gabriel ^a,c   Gendreau, Michel ^a,b   Rei, Walter ^a,c   Rousseau, Louis Martin ^a,b  

^a INTERUNIVERSITY RESEARCH CENTRE ON ENTERPRISE NETWORKS   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dairy transportation problem; Scenario analysis; Tabu search

Indexed keywords

DAIRIES; TABU SEARCH;

HISTORICAL DATA; PROCESSING PLANTS; SCENARIO ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC ANALYSIS; TABU SEARCH ALGORITHMS; TRANSPORTATION COST; TRANSPORTATION PROBLEM;

TRANSPORTATION ROUTES;

EID: 84924368605     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2013.147     Document Type: Article

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