Scheduling the truck holdover recurrent dock cross-dock problem using robust meta-heuristics

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 5-8, 2010, Pages 769-783

  Vahdani, B ^a   Soltani, R ^a   Zandieh, M ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cross docking; Distribution; Electromagnetism like algorithm; Genetic algorithm; Logistics; Meta heuristics; Scheduling; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; CROSSDOCKING; DISTRIBUTION; ELECTROMAGNETISM-LIKE ALGORITHM; HARD PROBLEMS; META HEURISTICS; NONDETERMINISTIC POLYNOMIAL; ROBUST DESIGN METHODS; TAGUCHI; TEMPORARY STORAGE; TEST PROBLEM; TOTAL FLOWTIME;

AUTOMOBILES; DOCKING; DOCKS; ELECTROMAGNETISM; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; TAGUCHI METHODS; TRUCKS;

SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS;

EID: 74249120641     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-009-2152-2     Document Type: Article

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