Combining service frequency and vehicle routing for managing supplier shipments

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 79, Issue , 2015, Pages 231-243

  Dong, Zhijie ^a   Turnquist, Mark A ^a  

^a Cornell University ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Capacitated clustering; Frequency location clustering; Inventory routing problem; Single source fixed charge facility location problem; Vehicle routing problem

Indexed keywords

COSTS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; MATERIALS HANDLING; OPTIMIZATION; VEHICLE ROUTING;

CAPACITATED CLUSTERING; CLUSTERINGS; FACILITY LOCATION PROBLEM; FIXED CHARGES; FREQUENCY-LOCATION CLUSTERING; INVENTORY ROUTING PROBLEMS; SINGLE SOURCE; SINGLE-SOURCE FIXED CHARGE FACILITY LOCATION PROBLEM; VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEMS;

LOCATION;

ALGORITHM; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; COST ANALYSIS; FACILITY LOCATION; LOGISTICS;

EID: 84929572756     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2015.05.002     Document Type: Article

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