An uncertainty-aware AGV assignment algorithm for automated container terminals

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 354-366

  Angeloudis, Panagiotis ^a   Bell, Michael G H ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

AGV; Container terminal; Optimisation; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ASSESSMENT METHOD; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAINER TERMINAL; HEURISTICS; REAL TIME; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

EID: 74449087130     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2009.09.001     Document Type: Article

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