Development of a strategy for port expansion: An optimal control approach

Maritime Economics and Logistics

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 258-274

  Dekker, Sander ^a   Verhaeghe, R J ^b  

^a Koppies and Stevens Port Strategy Consultants BV   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Capacity planning; Economic efficiency; Optimal control theory; Port expansion

Indexed keywords

EID: 54249125054     PISSN: 14792931     EISSN: 1479294X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/mel.2008.4     Document Type: Article

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