Pre-positioning commodities to repair maritime navigational aids

Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 65-89

  Bemley, Jessye L ^a   Davis, Lauren B ^a   Brock, Luther G ^a  

^a North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Humanitarian logistics; Marine navigation; Navigation; Port operations; Pre positioning; Stochastic optimization; Waterways

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958768536     PISSN: 20426747     EISSN: 20426755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/20426741311328529     Document Type: Article

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