Interactive ILP procedures for stacking optimization for the 3D palletization problem

International Journal of Production Research

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 1287-1304

  Abdou, G ^a   Arghavani, J ^b  

^a NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PALLETS; THREE DIMENSIONAL COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

COLUMN STACKING TYPE; THREE DIMENSIONAL PALLETIZATION PROBLEM;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0031144758     PISSN: 00207543     EISSN: 1366588X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/002075497195326     Document Type: Article

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