Scheduling trucks in cross-docking systems: Robust meta-heuristics

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 12-24

  Vahdani, B ^a   Zandieh, M ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cross docking; Logistics; Meta heuristics; Multi objective decision making (MODM); Response surface methodology (RSM); Scheduling

Indexed keywords

CROSS-DOCKING; META HEURISTICS; MULTI OBJECTIVE DECISION MAKING; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY; RESPONSE SURFACE METHODOLOGY (RSM);

AUTOMOBILES; BUFFER STORAGE; CONTROL THEORY; DOCKING; DOCKS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; LOGISTICS; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TABU SEARCH; TRUCKS;

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 72149124796     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2009.06.006     Document Type: Article

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