Exploring the influence of big data on city transport operations: a Markovian approach

International Journal of Operations and Production Management

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 75-104

  Mehmood, Rashid ^a   Meriton, Royston ^b   Graham, Gary ^b   Hennelly, Patrick ^c   Kumar, Mukesh ^c  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absorptive capacity; Big data; Load sharing; Supply chain integration; Transport operations

Indexed keywords

EID: 85008319877     PISSN: 01443577     EISSN: 17586593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/IJOPM-03-2015-0179     Document Type: Article

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