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RISSequential Meta-Heuristic Approach for Solving Large-Scale Ready-Mixed Concrete–Dispatching Problems
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Finding a practical solution for the allocation of resources in ready-mixed concrete (RMC) is a challenging issue. In the literature, heuristic methods have been mostly used for solving the RMC problem. The introduced ...
Sequential Meta-Heuristic Approach for Solving Large-Scale Ready-Mixed Concrete–Dispatching Problems
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Finding a practical solution for the allocation of resources in ready-mixed concrete (RMC) is a challenging issue. In the literature, heuristic methods have been mostly used for solving the RMC problem. The introduced ...
Assessing the Accuracy of Expert-Based Decisions in Dispatching Ready Mixed Concrete
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: In ready mixed concrete (RMC) dispatching, common practice is to rely on human experts for any necessary real-time decision making. This is because of the perceived complexity of RMC dispatching and the general lack of ...
Highway Improvement Project Rankings due to Uncertain Model Inputs: Application of Traditional Transportation and Land Use Models
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: While much research has been devoted to analyzing the variation in transportation and land use model outputs due to uncertainty, little has been done to quantitatively answer the more important question of how decision ...
Optimal Maintenance and Repair Policies under Nonlinear Preferences
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: This paper is concerned with infrastructure maintenance and repair policies when the managing agency does not value expenses linearly. Such nonlinearity naturally arises in the stochastic world of reliability engineering, ...
Inferring Contagion Patterns in Social Contact Networks Using a Maximum Likelihood Approach
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The spread of infectious disease is an inherently stochastic process. As such, real-time control and prediction methods present a significant challenge. For diseases that spread through direct human interaction, the contagion ...
Incorporating Multiskilling and Learning in the Optimization of Crew Composition
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: The presence of multiskilled workers in a crew can increase the crew’s productivity through reducing inefficiencies and supervision requirements, while also providing on-the-job learning opportunities for single-skilled ...
Job Assignment Based on Brain Demands and Human Resource Strategies
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Accounting for Transport Times in Planning Off-Site Shipment of Construction Materials
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Off-site transportation of construction materials is planned commonly by considering the transportation costs as the dominant decision variable. Despite the significant impact of delays in the delivery of materials on the ...
A Computational Method for Estimating Travel Frequencies in Site Layout Planning
Publisher: American Society of Civil Engineers
Abstract: Optimizing the layout of facilities on a construction site to minimize the material handling costs has been widely investigated in the literature. An integral part of the objective function utilized in the previously ...