Multiobjective optimization of earthmoving operations

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 130, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 105-113

  Marzouk, Mohamed ^a   Moselhi, Osama ^b  

^a CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^b Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science   (Canada)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Computer applications; Construction industry; Earthmoving; Multiple objective analysis; Optimization; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION;

EARTHMOVING SIMULATION PROGRAM (EMSP); EQUIPMENT DATABASE APPLICATION (EDA); MICROSOFT (MS); MULTIPLE OBJECTIVE ANALYSIS;

EARTHMOVING MACHINERY;

EID: 13944277711     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2004)130:1(105)     Document Type: Article

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