Multi-agent-based transport planning in the newspaper industry

International Journal of Production Economics

Volumn 131, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 146-157

  Böhnlein, Dominik ^a   Schweiger, Katharina ^a   Tuma, Axel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUGSBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Distribution; Multi agent system; Newspaper industry; Production; Vehicle routing problem

Indexed keywords

CURRENT SITUATION; DISTRIBUTION; DISTRIBUTION PROCESS; GERMAN NEWSPAPERS; MULTI-AGENT; NEWSPAPER INDUSTRY; NEWSPAPER PRODUCTION; ON-LINE CONTROLS; PLANNING TASKS; POST PROCESSING; PRODUCTION SCHEDULE; REAL-LIFE APPLICATIONS; SOLUTION CONCEPTS; TRANSPORT PLANNING; TRANSPORT PROBLEMS; VEHICLE AGENTS; VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEM; VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEM WITH TIME WINDOWS; VEHICLE ROUTING PROBLEMS;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; INDUSTRY; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; NEWSPRINT; ROUTING ALGORITHMS; VEHICLE ROUTING; VEHICLES;

INTELLIGENT AGENTS;

EID: 79952608421     PISSN: 09255273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpe.2010.04.006     Document Type: Article

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