Vehicle dispatching system based on Taguchi-tuned fuzzy rules

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 545-557

  Tan, K K ^a   Tang, K Z ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FUZZY SETS; INTELLIGENT VEHICLE HIGHWAY SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; SCHEDULING; STATISTICAL METHODS;

TAGUCHI-TUNED FUZZY RULES; VEHICLE DISPATCHING SYSTEMS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 0035254431     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(99)00373-2     Document Type: Article

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