Nature inspired heuristic approach to balance the resource in the multiple distribution centers

Journal of Scientific and Industrial Research

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 77-81

  Dhanalakshmi, R ^a   Vadivel, A ^b   Chandrasekaran, R M ^c   Parthiban, P ^b  

^a HCL Technologies Ltd   (India)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

2 Opt; Balanced allocation; Genetic algorithm; Heuristic

Indexed keywords

DATA SET; GENETIC ALGORITHM; HEURISTICS;

EID: 84922423988     PISSN: 00224456     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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