| Article ID: | iaor20053215 |
| Country: | China |
| Volume: | 19 |
| Issue: | 3 |
| Start Page Number: | 251 |
| End Page Number: | 257 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2004 |
| Journal: | Journal of Systems Engineering and Electronics |
| Authors: | Lei Dingyou, Chen Deliang |
| Keywords: | heuristics |
Based on railway transportation, a mathematical model is presented with multiple objectives: a balanced load, the maximum use of rolling stock and ensuring that complete batches of cargo are loaded in the rolling stock. In this paper the key technology is the use of genetic algorithms. This paper supposes that the shape of goods is rectangular and that containers are used for such goods.