A new multi-objective optimization formulation for rail-car fleet sizing problems

Operational Research

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 175-198

  Sayarshad, Hamid Reza ^a   Marler, Timothy ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Multi objective optimization; Package sizing; Rail car fleet sizing

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956924842     PISSN: 11092858     EISSN: 18661505     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12351-009-0068-0     Document Type: Article

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