Optimizing haul unit size and number based on loading facility characteristics

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 248-253

  Gransberg, Douglas D ^a,b  

^a ASCE ^*

^b TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0344494308     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(1996)122:3(248)     Document Type: Article

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