Using taxis to collect citywide E-commerce reverse flows: a crowdsourcing solution

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 55, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 1833-1844

  Chen, Chao ^a   Pan, Shenle ^b   Wang, Zhu ^c   Zhong, Ray Y ^d  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MINES ParisTech   (France)

^c NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

collection; crowdsourcing; E commerce; physical internet; reverse flows

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; CROWDSOURCING; INTERNET; REFUSE COLLECTION; TRANSPORTATION;

COLLECTION STRATEGIES; INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS; LOADING CAPACITIES; METROPOLITAN AREA; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; REAL-WORLD DATASETS; REVERSE FLOW; TRANSPORT PASSENGERS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 84962915672     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00207543.2016.1173258     Document Type: Article

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