3D volumetric pallet-loading optimisation

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 425-429

  Arghavani, J ^a,b   Abdou, G ^b  

^a Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

3D Palletisation; ILP optimisation

Indexed keywords

DISTRIBUTION OF GOODS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LOADING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PALLETS; PLANNING; STORAGE (MATERIALS); THREE DIMENSIONAL;

PALLETISATION; VOLUMETRIC PALLET LOADING;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 0029712637     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01178968     Document Type: Article

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