Determining crane areas in intermodal transshipment yards: The yard partition problem

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 204, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 336-342

  Boysen, Nils ^a   Fliedner, Malte ^a  

^a FRIEDRICH SCHILLER UNIVERSITY JENA   (Germany)

Author keywords

Container handling; Crane scheduling; Intermodal transport; Transshipment yard

Indexed keywords

AT RAIL; CONTAINER HANDLING; DIVISION OF LABOR; EXACT SOLUTION; FREIGHT TRAINS; INTERMODAL TRANSPORT; INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION; PARTITION PROBLEM; PROCESSING TIME; REAL-WORLD; RUNTIMES; SIMPLE RULES;

AUTOMOBILES; GANTRY CRANES; LOCOMOTIVES; RAILROAD CARS; SCHEDULING;

CONTAINERS;

EID: 71649099781     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2009.10.031     Document Type: Article

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