A robust inventory routing policy under inventory inaccuracy and replenishment lead-time

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 91, Issue , 2016, Pages 290-305

  Li, Ming ^a   Wang, Zheng ^a   Chan, Felix T S ^b  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Inventory inaccuracy; Inventory routing; Robust policy

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION;

'CURRENT; DELIVERY ROUTES; DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS; INVENTORY INACCURACY; INVENTORY REPLENISHMENT; INVENTORY ROUTING; INVENTORY ROUTING PROBLEMS; LEADTIME; ROBUST POLICY; ROUTING POLICIES;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

ALGORITHM; INVENTORY; NUMERICAL MODEL; TRANSPORTATION DEVELOPMENT; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING; TRANSPORTATION POLICY;

EID: 84969265062     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2016.05.001     Document Type: Article

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