An aircraft service scheduling model using genetic algorithms

Journal of Manufacturing Technology Management

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 109-119

  Cheung, Angus ^a   Ip, W H ^b   Lu, Dawei ^c   Lai, C L ^b  

^a Hong Kong International Airport   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aircraft industry; Maintenance; Production scheduling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; LOGISTICS; MAINTENANCE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCHEDULING; STOCHASTIC CONTROL SYSTEMS;

LEAST SLACK TIME (LST); PRODUCTION SCHEDULING; SHORTEST PROCESS TIME (SPT);

AIRCRAFT PLANTS;

EID: 13844280941     PISSN: 1741038X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17410380510574112     Document Type: Article

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