Optimal wholesale facilities location within the fruit and vegetables supply chain with bimodal transportation options: An LP-MIP heuristic approach

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 244, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 648-661

  Etemadnia, Hamideh ^a   Goetz, Stephan J ^a   Canning, Patrick ^b   Tavallali, Mohammad Sadegh ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Operation research; Optimal hub location Bimodal transportation; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUITS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; POPULATION STATISTICS; SUPPLY CHAINS; TOURISM INDUSTRY; VEGETABLES;

FACILITIES LOCATIONS; FRUIT AND VEGETABLES; HUB LOCATION; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION; MIXED-INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPERATION RESEARCH; SENSITIVITY TO PARAMETERS; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURES;

LOCATION;

EID: 84925299375     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2015.01.044     Document Type: Article

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