Empty container repositioning

International Series in Operations Research and Management Science

Volumn 220, Issue , 2015, Pages 163-208

  Song, Dong Ping ^a   Dong, Jing Xin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84955124025     PISSN: 08848289     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-11891-8_6     Document Type: Chapter

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