A bounded dynamic programming approach to schedule operations in a cross docking platform

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 385-396

  Alpan, Gülgün ^a   Larbi, Rim ^a   Penz, Bernard ^a  

^a CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Bounding procedures; Cross docking; Dynamic programming; Multiple docks; Scheduling

Indexed keywords

BOUNDED DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; BOUNDING PROCEDURES; CROSSDOCKING; DELIVERY TIME; INBOUND TRAILERS; INVENTORY HOLDING; MULTIPLE DOCKS; ORDER PICKING; SCHEDULING POLICIES; TOTAL COSTS; TRANSPORTATION COST;

DOCKING; DOCKS; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; HYDRAULIC STRUCTURES; OPTIMIZATION; SCHEDULING; VEHICLES;

DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 79751535966     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2010.08.012     Document Type: Article

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