Resource selection in support of humanitarian operations: a case of the United States Navy

Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 184-198

  Apte, Aruna ^a   Yoho, Keenan ^b  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b ROLLINS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Humanitarian logistics; Navy; Resource optimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85050907199     PISSN: 20426747     EISSN: 20426755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JHLSCM-07-2017-0036     Document Type: Article

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