Spline technique for modeling roadway profile to minimize earthwork cost

Journal of Industrial and Management Optimization

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 275-283

  Moreb, Ahmad A ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Earthwork allocation; Linear pogramming; Roadway grades; Transportation

Indexed keywords

EID: 67649494697     PISSN: 15475816     EISSN: 1553166X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3934/jimo.2009.5.275     Document Type: Conference Paper

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