Determination of operating policies for a barge transportation system through simulation and optimization modeling

Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 2585-2589

  Anderson, Nicholas P ^a   Evans, Gerald W ^b  

^a Mesoscale Diagnostics   (United States)

^b University of Louisville ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKERS; DECISION SUPPORTS; EVALUATION MODELS; INVENTORY POLICIES; OPERATING POLICIES; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; PERFORMANCE MEASURES; SCATTER SEARCHES; SIMULATION AND OPTIMIZATIONS; SIMULATION MODELS; TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; UTILITY FUNCTIONS; VARIANCE REDUCTION TECHNIQUES;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; BARGES; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION;

INLAND WATERWAYS;

EID: 60749120304     PISSN: 08917736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2008.4736371     Document Type: Conference Paper

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