Solving railroad blocking problem using ant colony optimization algorithm

DOI10.1016/J.APM.2011.05.018MaRDI QIDQ651763zbMATHOpenAlexFDO

Authors Masoud Yaghini, Amir Foroughi, Behnam Nadjari

Publication date 18 December 2011

Published in Applied Mathematical Modelling (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2011.05.018

zbMATH Keywords

optimizationant colony optimizationmetaheuristicsfreight railroadsislamic republic of iran railwaysrailroad blocking problem

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximation methods and heuristics in mathematical programming (90C59) Transportation, logistics and supply chain management (90B06)

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