Article ID: | iaor19941291 |
Country: | Netherlands |
Volume: | 30/31 |
Start Page Number: | 591 |
End Page Number: | 599 |
Publication Date: | Jul 1993 |
Journal: | International Journal of Production Economics |
Authors: | Mantel R.J., Fontein M. |
Keywords: | heuristics |
In this paper the problem of distributing newspapers is treated. After a general introduction on this topic, a mathematical model for a hierarchical distribution system is given explicitly and a heuristic consisting of several solution techniques is described. Furthermore, some results of the application of this heuristic in a study performed for a Dutch regional newspaper are presented and discussed. There is also an indication as to how the approach could be improved.