Integrated shipment dispatching and packing problems: A case study

Journal of Mathematical Modelling and Algorithms

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 77-85

  Attanasio, Andrea ^a   Fuduli, Antonio ^a   Ghiani, Gianpaolo ^b   Triki, Chefi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bin packing; Shipment consolidation; Vehicle dispatching

Indexed keywords

EID: 84991037363     PISSN: 15701166     EISSN: 15729214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10852-006-9050-5     Document Type: Article

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