An advanced tabu search for solving the mixed payload airlift loading problem

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 337-347

  Nance, R L ^a   Roesener, A G ^a   Moore, J T ^a  

^a AIR FORCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

heuristic; logistics; military

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; LOGISTICS;

BIN PACKING ALGORITHM; CARGO ITEMS; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE; HEURISTIC; LOAD PLANNING; LOADING PROBLEM; MILITARY; TEST SCENARIO;

TABU SEARCH;

EID: 78650371536     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2010.119     Document Type: Article

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