A review of methods to estimate haul fleet production

Cost Engineering (Morgantown, West Virginia)

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 31-35

  Gransberg, Douglas D ^a  

^a TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; EARTHMOVING MACHINERY; FLEET OPERATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME AND MOTION STUDY;

HAUL FLEET PRODUCTION; HAULING SYSTEMS;

PRODUCTION CONTROL;

EID: 0032026375     PISSN: 02749696     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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