Conjoining MMAS to ga to solve construction site layout planning problem

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 135, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1049-1057

  Lam, Ka Chi ^a   Ning, Xin ^b   Lam, Mike Chun Kit ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b DONGBEI UNIVERSITY OF FINANCE AND ECONOMICS   (China)

Author keywords

Algorithms; Construction management; Construction sites; Optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL CAPABILITY; CONSTRUCTION COSTS; CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT; CONSTRUCTION SITES; GA ALGORITHM; INITIAL POPULATION; MAX-MIN ANT SYSTEM; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; OPTIMAL CONSTRUCTION; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; PROJECT MANAGERS; SITE LAYOUT; SOLUTION QUALITY; TRANSPORTATION FLOW;

CIVIL ENGINEERING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING; PROBLEM SOLVING; ROUTING ALGORITHMS;

PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

EID: 70349334592     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2009)135:10(1049)     Document Type: Article

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