Evaluation of Transportation Practices in the California Cut Flower Industry

  • Christine Nguyen

    Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089; and National Center for Metropolitan Transportation Research (METRANS), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089

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  • Alejandro Toriello

    Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089; and National Center for Metropolitan Transportation Research (METRANS), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089

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  • Maged Dessouky

    Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089; and National Center for Metropolitan Transportation Research (METRANS), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089

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  • James E. Moore, II

    Daniel J. Epstein Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089; and National Center for Metropolitan Transportation Research (METRANS), University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089

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Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1287/inte.1120.0654

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