Operations research at container terminals: A literature update

OR Spectrum

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-52

  Stahlbock, Robert ^a,b   Voß, Stefan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

^b FOM UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 36248971841     PISSN: 01716468     EISSN: 14366304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00291-007-0100-9     Document Type: Article

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