A simulated annealing heuristic for a crane sequencing problem

International Journal of Industrial Engineering : Theory Applications and Practice

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 90-98

  McKendall, Alan R ^a   Shang, Jin ^a   Noble, James S ^b   Klein, Cerry M ^b  

^a West Virginia University   (United States)

^b University of Missouri   (United States)

Author keywords

Crane sequencing problem; Electric power plants; Meta heuristic; Outage planning; Simulated annealing

Indexed keywords

CRANES; ELECTRIC POWER PLANTS; OUTAGES; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROJECT MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

CRANE SEQUENCING PROBLEMS; METAHEURISTICS; OUTAGE PLANNING;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

EID: 34047160402     PISSN: 10724761     EISSN: 1943670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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