Automated path planning of cooperative crane lifts using heuristic search

Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 197-207

  Sivakumar, P L ^a   Varghese, Koshy ^a   Ramesh Babu, N ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Construction; Construction equipment; Cranes; Heuristics; Project planning; Robotics

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER APPLICATIONS; CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT; CRANES; HEURISTIC METHODS; LIFT; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; ROBOTICS;

HEAVY-LIFT PLANNING; JACKING SYSTEMS; LIFT PLANING PROCESSES; PATH-PLANNING TASKS;

MOTION PLANNING;

EID: 16444376810     PISSN: 08873801     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0887-3801(2003)17:3(197)     Document Type: Article

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