Evaluating container terminal transhipment operational policies: An agent-based simulation approach

WSEAS Transactions on Computers

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2090-2097

  Henesey, Lawrence ^a   Davidsson, Paul ^a   Persson, Jan ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Agent based simulation; Berth allocation; Container terminal; Transhipment operations

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAINERS; DECISION MAKING; PORT TERMINALS;

AGENT-BASED SIMULATION; BERTH ALLOCATION; PORT CONTAINER TERMINAL; TRANSHIPMENT OPERATIONS;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 33746917912     PISSN: 11092750     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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