Decision support for yard capacity, fleet composition, truck substitutability, and scalability issues at seaport container terminals

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 85-103

  Petering, Matthew E H ^a  

^a University of Wisconsin Milwaukee   (United States)

Author keywords

Gross crane rate; Seaport container terminal; Simulation; Terminal scalability; Yard capacity

Indexed keywords

CARGO HANDLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTAINER TERMINAL; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; NUMERICAL MODEL; PORT OPERATION; QUAY; REAL TIME; SHIPPING; STOCHASTICITY; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

EID: 77957017459     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2010.07.007     Document Type: Article

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