Distribution of materials in road earthmoving and paving: Mathematical programming approach

Journal of Construction Engineering and Management

Volumn 139, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1046-1054

  De Lima, Roberto Xavier ^a,b   Júnior, Ernesto Ferreira Nobre ^b   Prata, Bruno De Athayde ^b   Weissmann, José ^b,c  

^a Dept of Highways of Ceará ^*  (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF CEARÁ   (Brazil)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

Author keywords

Earthmoving logistics; Highway engineering; Mixed integer linear programming

Indexed keywords

CONSTRUCTION COSTS; EARTHMOVING; EARTHWORK PLANNING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELS; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; ROAD CONSTRUCTION COST; ROAD CONSTRUCTION SITE; SPREADSHEET APPLICATIONS;

APPLICATION PROGRAMS; COSTS; EXCAVATION; FOUNDATIONS; HIGHWAY ENGINEERING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; ROAD CONSTRUCTION;

PAVEMENTS;

EID: 84880314397     PISSN: 07339364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)CO.1943-7862.0000666     Document Type: Article

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