Parallel ant colony algorithm and its application in the capacitated lot sizing problem for an agile supply chain

Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology (New Series)

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 573-578

  Li, Shu Gang ^a   Wu, Zhi Ming ^a   Pang, Xiao Hong ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ant colony algorithm; Capacitated lot sizing; Multi location factories; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION;

ANT COLONY ALGORITHMS; CAPACITATED LOT SIZING; MULTI-LOCATION FACTORIES; SUPPLY CHAIN;

GENETIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 11144228678     PISSN: 10059113     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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