Automatic air cargo selection and weight balancing: A mixed integer programming approach

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 70-83

  Vancroonenburg, Wim ^a   Verstichel, Jannes ^a   Tavernier, Karel ^b   Vanden Berghe, Greet ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b NONE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Aircraft load planning; Integer programming; Weight and balance

Indexed keywords

AIRCRAFT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; UNLOADING;

AIR CARGO; AIRCRAFT LOAD PLANNING; AIRCRAFT LOADS; DECISION SUPPORTS; INTEGER PROGRAM- MING; LOAD PLANNING; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODEL; MIXED-INTEGER PROGRAMMING; SUPPORT TOOL; WEIGHT AND BALANCE;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; CARGO HANDLING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; LINEAR PROGRAMING; MODEL TEST; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PLANNING METHOD; PROFITABILITY; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 84898453933     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2013.12.013     Document Type: Article

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