Factors affecting the price of recycled concrete: A critical review

M Ma, VWY Tam, KN Le, R Osei-Kyei - Journal of Building Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
A significant increase in construction activities has led to the production of massive
construction and demolition (C&D) waste. Recycling is regarded as an ideal approach to …

[图书][B] Handbook on scheduling

J Blazewicz, K Ecker, E Pesch, G Schmidt, J Weglarz - 2019 - Springer
Scheduling problems can be understood in general as the problems of allocating resources
over time to perform a set of tasks being parts of some processes, among which …

Systematic search and mapping review of the concrete delivery problem (CDP): formulations, objectives, and data

A Tzanetos, M Blondin - Automation in Construction, 2023 - Elsevier
Over the last decades, researchers have studied one of the most complex combinatorial
problems, ie, the Concrete Delivery Problem (CDP), set different formulations of it …

Heuristic algorithm for ready-mixed concrete plant scheduling with multiple mixers

Z Liu, Y Zhang, M Yu, X Zhou - Automation in construction, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, the problem of integration of ready-mixed concrete (RMC) production
scheduling and truck and pump dispatching in an RMC plant with multiple mixers is focused …

Survey of quantitative methods in construction

D Briskorn, M Dienstknecht - Computers & Operations Research, 2018 - Elsevier
Quantitative methods and techniques from operations research (OR) are well-accepted in
many industries, eg the manufacturing industry or the transportation industry. Similarly …

[PDF][PDF] Optimized ready mixed concrete truck scheduling for uncertain factors using bee algorithm.

N Mayteekrieangkrai… - … Journal of Science & …, 2015 - thaiscience.info
This research proposes a systematic model by using bee algorithm to optimize ready mixed
concrete truck scheduling problem from a single plant to multiple sized receivers in a large …

Mixed integer programming formulations for the biomass truck scheduling problem

L Torjai, F Kruzslicz - Central European Journal of Operations Research, 2016 - Springer
In this paper, we introduce the Biomass Truck Scheduling (BTS) problem that originated in a
real-life herbaceous biomass supply chain (HBSC) around Pécs, Hungary. BTS can be …

Model formulation and calibration procedure for integrated multi-modal activity routing and network assignment models

A Najmi, D Rey, ST Waller, TH Rashidi - Transportation Research Part C …, 2020 - Elsevier
In this paper, a novel transport planning model system (TPMS) is formulated built on the
concepts of network, multi-modality, integrity and instant calibration. In the proposed …

Matching experts' decisions in concrete delivery dispatching centers by ensemble learning algorithms: Tactical level

M Maghrebi, T Waller, C Sammut - Automation in Construction, 2016 - Elsevier
Abstract Ready Mixed Concrete (RMC) suffers from a lack of practical solutions for automatic
resource allocation. Under these circumstances, RMC dispatching systems are mostly …

Integration of ridesharing and activity travel pattern generation

A Najmi, T Waller, W Liu, TH Rashidi - … A: Transport Science, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
This paper proposes a mobility system serving as an innovative platform that synchronises a
ridesharing model and an Activity Travel Pattern (ATP) generator, enabling a synergistic …