Load scheduling for multiple quay cranes in port container terminals

Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 479-492

  Jung, Sung Ho ^a   Kim, Kap Hwan ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Container terminals; Genetic algorithm; Load scheduling; Simulated annealing

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MATERIALS HANDLING; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHIP CRANES; SIMULATED ANNEALING; TURNAROUND TIME;

CONTAINER TERMINALS; LOAD SCHEDULING; MAKESPAN; QUAY CRANES;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 33747639832     PISSN: 09565515     EISSN: 15728145     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10845-005-0020-y     Document Type: Article

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