Application of humanitarian last mile distribution model

Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 131-148

  Battini, Daria ^a   Peretti, Umberto ^a   Persona, Alessandro ^a   Sgarbossa, Fabio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Development aid logistics; Humanitarian logistics; Last mile distribution; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84954514148     PISSN: 20426747     EISSN: 20426755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JHLSCM-01-2013-0001     Document Type: Article

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