Real-time decision support for planning concrete plant operations enabled by integrating vehicle tracking technology, simulation, and optimization algorithms

Canadian Journal of Civil Engineering

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 912-922

  Lu, Ming ^a   Dai, Fei ^a   Chen, Wu ^a  

^a HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Construction planning; Hong Kong; Optimization; Ready mixed concrete; Simulation; Vehicle tracking

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; VEHICLE LOCATING SYSTEMS;

CONSTRUCTION PLANNING; READY-MIXED CONCRETE;

CONCRETE MIXING;

CONCRETE MIXING; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DATA FLOW ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; VEHICLE LOCATING SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHM; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; HARDWARE; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING METHOD; SIMULATION; SOFTWARE; TRACKING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 36348997718     PISSN: 03151468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/L07-029     Document Type: Review

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