RutaRep: A computer package to design dispatching routes in the meat industry

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 435-445

  Belenguer, J M ^a   Benavent, E ^a   Martinez M C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Food distribution; Heuristics; Routing; Tabu search

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FOOD SUPPLY; FUNCTIONS; HEURISTIC METHODS; ITERATIVE METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MEATS; VEHICLES;

FOOD DISTRIBUTION; HEURISTICS; ROUTING; TABU SEARCH;

FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS;

EID: 17944377371     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2004.02.045     Document Type: Article

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