SBIR/STTR Research Award
INTERACTIVE LOGISTICS WORKSTATION DESIGN
Award amount
$500,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1986Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Navy
- Recipient company
- Caps Logistics, Inc.
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- Not reported
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THE OBJECTIVE OF THE PROPOSED EFFORT IS THE DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION OF A MICROCOMPUTER-BASED WORKSTATION WHICH MAKES IT EASY FOR LOGISTICSPLANNERS TO MODEL AND ANALYZE THEIR PROBLEM. THE DESIGN WILL BE BASED ON CONCEPTS OF INTERACTIVE OPTIMIZATION - A PROBLEM SOLVING METHODOLOGY WHICH EMBODIES OPTIMIZATION COMPONENTS IN A FLEXIBLE STRUCTURE WITH SIGNIFICANT HUMAN PARTICIPATION AND CONTROL. PHASE I WILL FOCUS ON THE DESIGN AND PROTOTYPE OF AN INTERACTIVE LOGISTICS WORKSTATION FOR THE VEHICLE ROUTING AND WAREHOUSE LOCATION PROBLEMS. THE CONCEPTS WILL BE EXTENDED IN PHASE II TO INCORPORATE BROADER CLASSES OF LOGISTICS PLANNING PROBLEMS.
Technology keywords
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