A Constrained K-Means and Nearest Neighbor Approach for Route Optimization in the Bale Collection Problem

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 12125-12130

  Zamar, David S ^a   Gopaluni, Bhushan ^a   Sokhansanj, Shahab ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

agriculture; autonomy; constraint satisfaction problems; logistics planning; optimization

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; AGRICULTURE; CONSTRAINT SATISFACTION PROBLEMS; CROPS; OPTIMIZATION; TRAVEL TIME;

AGRICULTURAL CROPS; AGRICULTURAL SYSTEM; AUTONOMY; HARVEST OPERATIONS; K-MEANS PROCEDURE; LOGISTICS PLANNING; NEAREST-NEIGHBOR APPROACHES; ROUTE OPTIMIZATION;

K-MEANS CLUSTERING;

EID: 85044320846     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24058963     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ifacol.2017.08.2148     Document Type: Conference Paper

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