A case study of inter-arrival time distributions of container ships

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 155-164

  Kuo, Tu Cheng ^a   Huang, Wen Chih ^b   Wu, Sheng Chieh ^b   Cheng, Pei Lun ^b  

^a CHANG JUNG CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Arrival time distribution; Container liner; Goodness of fit test; Port queuing system

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL TIME DISTRIBUTION; CONTAINER LINERS; GOODNESS-OF-FIT TEST; PORT QUEUING SYSTEM;

DATA REDUCTION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OCEAN STRUCTURES; PORTS AND HARBORS; SHIPS;

QUEUEING THEORY;

EID: 33749598686     PISSN: 10232796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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