A computer application to a transport scheduling problem
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- 1 January 1967
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in The Computer Journal
- Vol. 10 (1) , 10-13
- https://doi.org/10.1093/comjnl/10.1.10
Abstract
The preparation of van drivers' duty schedules for the bulk conveyance of mail in the Cental London area is described. The method employed includes a heuristic routine for reducing the idle and empty-running time between jobs. This paper was presented to the British Joint Computer Conference in May 1966. Since that time there have been a number of changes in the operational requirements and in conditions, not least among them being the effects of the ever-widening restriction of parking facilities in London. The scheme is now based on the more sophisticated Mark II system described in the paper.Keywords
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