An optimization model for storage yard management in transshipment hubs

OR Spectrum

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 539-561

  Lee, Loo Hay ^a   Chew, Ek Peng ^a   Tan, Kok Choon ^a   Han, Yongbin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Column generation; Heuristic algorithm; Mixed integer programming; Port operation; Storage allocation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33748667056     PISSN: 01716468     EISSN: 14366304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00291-006-0045-4     Document Type: Article

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