The parcel hub scheduling problem: A simulation-based solution approach

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 393-412

  McWilliams, Douglas L ^a   Stanfield, Paul M ^b   Geiger, Christopher D ^c  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University   (United States)

^c University of Central Florida   (United States)

Author keywords

Consolidation terminals; Genetic algorithms; Hub scheduling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOCKS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; LIGHT TRAILERS; PORT STRUCTURES; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHEDULING; SIMULATION; UNLOADING;

CONSOLIDATION TERMINALS; HUB SCHEDULING; INBOUND TRAILERS; SCHEDULING PROBLEMS;

FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 26444538890     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2005.07.002     Document Type: Article

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