Freight Transport and Distribution: Concepts and Optimisation Models, Bektas..

Name: Freight Transport and Distribution: Concepts and Optimisation Models, Bektas..
Brand: CRC Press

CRC Press

Freight Transport and DistributionConcepts and Optimisation Models\nAuthor(s): Tolga Bektas\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Inc, United States\nImprint: CRC Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9781482258707, 978-1482258707\nSynopsis\nThis book serves as a primer on freight transportation and logistics, providing a general and broad coverage of concepts, mathematical models and methodologies available for freight transportation planning at strategic, tactical and operational levels. It is aimed at graduate students, and is also a reference book for practitioners in the field.\n\nThe book includes preliminaries, such as mathematical modeling and optimisation algorithms. The book also features case studies and practical real-life examples to illustrate applications of the concepts and models covered, and to encourage a hands-on and a practical approach. The author has taught and published extensively in the field and draw on state-of-the-art scientific research. He has also been part.