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Synchronization in cross-docking networks: A research classification and framework
Buijs, Paul; Vis, Iris F.A.; Carlo, Héctor J. - In: European Journal of Operational Research 239 (2014) 3, pp. 593-608
overwhelming majority of papers fail to consider the synchronization of local and network-wide cross-docking operations. Lastly, to … highlight the importance of synchronization in cross-docking networks, two real-life illustrative problems are described that …
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A covering tour approach to the location of satellite distribution centers to supply humanitarian aid
Naji-Azimi, Z.; Renaud, J.; Ruiz, A.; Salari, M. - In: European Journal of Operational Research 222 (2012) 3, pp. 596-605
This article concerns the location of satellite distribution centers (SDCs) to supply humanitarian aid to the affected people throughout a disaster area. In such situations, it is not possible for the relief teams to visit every single home. Instead, the people are required to go to a satellite...
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Hybrid model for the vehicle routing problem with stochastic demand
Murakami, Keisuke; Morita, Hiroshi - In: International Journal of Applied Management Science 2 (2010) 3, pp. 224-238
transportation. The classical models for the vehicle routing problem with stochastic demand are the chance-constrained model and the …
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Solving the container relocation problem by an improved greedy look-ahead heuristic
Jin, Bo; Zhu, Wenbin; Lim, Andrew - In: European Journal of Operational Research 240 (2015) 3, pp. 837-847
The container relocation problem (CRP) is one of the most crucial issues for container terminals. In a single bay, containers belonging to multiple groups should be retrieved by an equipped yard crane in accordance with their retrieval priorities. An operation of the crane can either relocate a...
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Exact and Heuristic Solutions for a Shipment Problem with Given Frequencies
Bertazzi, Luca; Speranza, Maria Grazia; Ukovich, Walter - In: Management Science 46 (2000) 7, pp. 973-988
frequencies is available, in such a way that the sum of the transportation and inventory costs is minimized. This problem, which … is known to be NP-hard, has applications in transportation planning and in location analysis. In this paper we derive … efficiency of a known branch-and-bound algorithm. Moreover, we present some heuristics and compare them with two different …
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Column generation based heuristics for a generalized location routing problem with profits arising in space exploration
Ahn, Jaemyung; de Weck, Olivier; Geng, Yue; Klabjan, Diego - In: European Journal of Operational Research 223 (2012) 1, pp. 47-59
The generalized location routing problem with profits is a new routing problem class that combines the vehicle routing problem with profits, depot or base selection, and the notion of strategies and route tactics to be employed at selected bases. The problem simultaneously determines base...
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Transportation in disaster response operations
Berkoune, Djamel; Renaud, Jacques; Rekik, Monia; Ruiz, Angel - In: Socio-Economic Planning Sciences 46 (2012) 1, pp. 23-32
environmental impacts. In this paper, we define and formulate a practical transportation problem often encountered by crisis …, providing high-quality transportation plans to emergency managers. …
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An Efficient Procedure for Designing Single Allocation Hub and Spoke Systems
Pirkul, Hasan; Schilling, David A. - In: Management Science 44 (1998) 12-Part-2, pp. 235-235
logistics, communication, and mass transportation, there has been considerable interest by practitioners and researchers alike …
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Consolidating home meal delivery with limited operational disruption
Hewitt, Mike; Nowak, Maciek; Gala, Leo - In: European Journal of Operational Research 243 (2015) 1, pp. 281-291
Non-profit organizations like the Meals On Wheels (MOW) association of America prepare and deliver meals, typically daily, to approximately one million homebound individuals in the United States alone. However, many MOW agencies are facing a steadily increasing number of clients requesting meal...
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MIRHA: multi-start biased randomization of heuristics with adaptive local search for solving non-smooth routing problems
Juan, Angel; Faulin, Javier; Ferrer, Albert; Lourenço, … - In: TOP: An Official Journal of the Spanish Society of … 21 (2013) 1, pp. 109-132
classical heuristics is a powerful one that can be successfully applied in a variety of cases. Copyright Sociedad de Estadística …
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