Scheduling compound trucks in multi-door cross-docking terminals

International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 5-8, 2013, Pages 977-988

  Joo, Cheol Min ^a   Kim, Byung Soo ^b  

^a Dongseo University   (South Korea)

^b Pukyong National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Compound truck; Cross docking terminal; Self evolution algorithm; Truck scheduling

Indexed keywords

CROSSDOCKING; DOOR ASSIGNMENTS; MAKESPAN; META HEURISTIC ALGORITHM; META HEURISTICS; OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; TRUCK SCHEDULING;

AUTOMOBILES; DOCKING; EVOLUTIONARY ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCHEDULING; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS;

TRUCKS;

EID: 84873696118     PISSN: 02683768     EISSN: 14333015     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00170-012-4035-1     Document Type: Article

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