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In this article we are particularly interested in optimizing the assignment of containers of different sizes to wagons on a train while respecting the business constraints. We present a model of the problem based on Constraint Programming (CP) techniques.
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Aggoun, A., Rhiat, A., Grassien, JP. (2011). Online Assignments of Containers to Trains Using Constraint Programming. In: Sombattheera, C., Agarwal, A., Udgata, S.K., Lavangnananda, K. (eds) Multi-disciplinary Trends in Artificial Intelligence. MIWAI 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 7080. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25725-4_35
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