Automated air load planning

Naval Research Logistics

Volumn 45, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 751-768

  Heidelberg, Kurt R ^a,c   Parnell, Gregory S ^b   Ames IV, James E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Toffler Associates   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CARGO AIRCRAFT; CARGO HANDLING; CONSTRAINT THEORY; HEURISTIC METHODS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

AUTOMATED AIR LOAD PLANNING SYSTEMS; CARGO PLACEMENT CONSTRAINTS;

LOGISTICS;

EID: 0032308243     PISSN: 0894069X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1520-6750(199812)45:8<751::AID-NAV1>3.0.CO;2-R     Document Type: Article

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