Application of Electimize in solving the construction site layout planning optimization problem

Construction Research Congress 2012: Construction Challenges in a Flat World, Proceedings of the 2012 Construction Research Congress

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 1124-1134

  Abdel Raheem, Mohamed ^a   Khalafallah, Ahmed ^b  

^a MISSOURI WESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WESTERN KENTUCKY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MODELING; CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING; CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CONSTRUCTION SITES; CRITICAL STEPS; CURRENT CONDUCTION; DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION; DYNAMIC OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM (DOP); EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS (EAS); MATERIAL HANDLING; NP-HARD; OPTIMAL SITE; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; OPTIMUM SOLUTION; PROBLEM MODELING; PROCESSING TIME; PROJECT ACTIVITIES; SITE LAYOUT PLANNING; TRAVEL DISTANCE;

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; OPTIMIZATION; RESEARCH;

EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84866240019     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1061/9780784412329.113     Document Type: Conference Paper

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