Abstract: Earthmoving and construction equipment have evolved significantly during the past century. During the same time, our ability to study and understand equipment economics and productivity has also gained significant ground. ...

Abstract: Planning and estimating earthmoving operations rely on the ability to collect field data and analyze operations. Two recent developments have dramatically changed the methods used and the results obtained in this process. ...

Abstract: A new approach for resource scheduling using genetic algorithms (GAs) is presented here. The methodology does not depend on any set of heuristic rules. Instead, its strength lies in the selection and recombination tasks ...