Driving angle and track sequence optimization for operational path planning using genetic algorithms

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1077-1086

  Hameed, Ibrahim A ^a   Bochtis, D D ^a   Sorensen, C G ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Agricultural vehicles; B patterns; Route planning

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL VEHICLES; B-PATTERNS; COMPUTATION TIME; COVERAGE PROBLEM; FIELD WORKS; GEOMETRICAL REPRESENTATION; OPTIMAL ROUTING; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OVERLAPPED AREA; REAL-TIME IMPLEMENTATIONS; ROUTE PLANNING; SEQUENCE OPTIMIZATION; SUBOPTIMAL SOLUTION;

OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; REAL TIME CONTROL;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84555205716     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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