Automatic aircraft cargo load planning

Journal of the Operational Research Society

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1271-1283

  Limbourg, S ^a   Schyns, M ^a   Laporte, G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

cargo aircraft; fuel economy; mixed integer programming; moment of inertia; unit load devices; weight and balance

Indexed keywords

FUEL ECONOMY; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT;

AUTOMATIC AIRCRAFT; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAM; MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING; MOMENT OF INERTIA; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; REAL-WORLD PROBLEM; TIME-CONSUMING TASKS; UNIT LOAD DEVICES;

CARGO AIRCRAFT;

EID: 84864650104     PISSN: 01605682     EISSN: 14769360     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/jors.2011.134     Document Type: Article

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