Key factors influencing the sale of bulls in livestock auctions

This research determines which factors most influence the purchase price of bulls in livestock auctions in the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Southern Brazil.Hence, 760 beef bulls sold in eleven different auctions between August and November 2013 were analysed.The data consists of: breed, muscularity (MUSC), frame (FRAME), body condition score (BCS),

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A novel bi-objective model of cold chain logistics considering location-routing decision and environmental effects.

Economic, environmental, and social effects are the most dominating issues in cold chain logistics.The goal of this paper is to propose a cost-saving, energy-saving, and emission-reducing bi-objective model for the cold chain-based low-carbon location-routing problem.In the proposed model, the first objective (economic and environmental effects) is

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