Performance evaluation of distribution strategies for the inventory routing problem

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2009.05.018zbMath1175.90028OpenAlexW2081049601MaRDI QIDQ1039784

Jianxiang Li, Feng Chu, Haoxun Chen

Publication date: 23 November 2009

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2009.05.018

zbMATH Keywords

distributionlogisticsworst case analysisinventory routingdirect shippingfixed partitioning policy

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Transportation, logistics and supply chain management (90B06) Inventory, storage, reservoirs (90B05)

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