A decision support system for operations in a container terminal

Decision Support Systems

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 309-332

  Murty, Katta G ^a   Liu, Jiyin ^b,d   Wan, Yat Wah ^b   Linn, Richard ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Approaches for handling uncertainty in decision making; Congestion; Container terminals; Crane deployment; Decision support systems; Models and algorithms; Port time (turnaround time) of vessels; Quay crane rate; Reshuffling; Routing; Storage space allocation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CONTAINERS; CRANES; DECISION MAKING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TRANSFER CASES (VEHICLES);

APPROACHES FOR HANDLING UNCERTAINTY IN DECISION MAKING; CONGESTION; CONTAINER TERMINALS; CRANE DEPLOYMENT; MODELS AND ALGORITHMS; PORT TIME (TURNAROUND TIME) OF VESSELS; QUAY CRANE RATE; RESHUFFLING; ROUTING; STORAGE SPACE ALLOCATION;

DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS;

EID: 10644255568     PISSN: 01679236     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dss.2003.11.002     Document Type: Article

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