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Simulator for restrict adjustment of mail sorting centers: A case study  

Cha, Byung-Chul (Postal Technology Research Center, ETRI)
Kim, Wan-Seok (Postal Technology Research Center, ETRI)
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IE interfaces / v.20, no.4, 2007 , pp. 515-524 More about this Journal
Abstract
This paper introduces the methodology for restrict adjustment of 25 mail sorting centers including 3 new mail sorting centers to balance their work loads and minimize their operating costs. We calculated the capacity of mail sorting centers considering mail types and analyzed the collection/delivery mail volume of 214 post offices to measure the work loads of mail sorting centers. We also developed the mathematical model and genetic algorithm to find the optimal solution for this problem.
Keywords
mail sorting center; load balancing; genetic algorithm;
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