Capacity analysis of container terminals using simulation techniques

International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 246-253

  Huang, Shell Ying ^a,b   Hsu, Wen Jing ^a,b   Chen, Chuanyu ^a,c   Ye, Rong ^a,c   Nautiyal, Stuti ^a,c  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^c SimPlus Pte Ltd

Author keywords

Capacity of Container terminals; Modelling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

MODELS; PORT TERMINALS; RAILROAD YARDS AND TERMINALS;

CAPACITY OF CONTAINER TERMINALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION MODEL; CONTAINER TERMINAL; HANDLING CAPACITY; SIMULATION; SIMULATION TECHNIQUE; SIMULATION-BASED ANALYSIS; TERMINAL CAPACITY;

CONTAINERS;

EID: 56749106186     PISSN: 09528091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJCAT.2008.021379     Document Type: Article

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