An imperialist competitive algorithm to schedule of receiving and shipping trucks in cross-docking systems

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 9-12, 2010, Pages 1179-1193

  Forouharfard, S ^a   Zandieh, M ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (Iran)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cross docking; Distribution center; Genetic algorithm; Imperialistic competitive algorithms; Receiving truck; Shipping truck; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

COMPETITIVE ALGORITHMS; CROSSDOCKING; DISTRIBUTION CENTER; RECEIVING TRUCK; SHIPPING TRUCK; TAGUCHI;

AUTOMOBILES; DOCKING; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INDEPENDENT COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS; TAGUCHI METHODS; WAREHOUSES;

TRUCKS;

EID: 78650173663     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-010-2676-5     Document Type: Article

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