Special issue: Application of metaheuristics in the optimisation and performance measurement of operations, logistics and supply chains

International Journal of Business Performance Management 11(1/2) 2009

• The design of vehicle routes for a third-party logistics service provider using the simulated annealing algorithm
• The relative technical efficiency of European transportation systems concerning air transport and railways
• Development and analysis of scheduling decision rules for a dynamic flexible job shop production system: a simulation study
• Analysing the performance of supply chain designs
• Performance value analysis for the justification of the leagile supply chain
• The inventory management systems of a production unit and some academic institutions: a comparative study
• A metaheuristics-based decision support system for the performance measurement of reverse supply chain management