Optimisation of storage allocation in order picking operations through a genetic algorithm

International Journal of Logistics Research and Applications

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 127-146

  Bottani, Eleonora ^a   Cecconi, Margherita ^a   Vignali, Giuseppe ^a   Montanari, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PARMA   (Italy)

Author keywords

genetic algorithm; item allocation; order picking; warehouse optimisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862624394     PISSN: 13675567     EISSN: 1469848X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13675567.2012.694860     Document Type: Article

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