Optimization of stowage plans for RoRo ships

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1425-1434

  Øvstebø, Bernt Olav ^a   Hvattum, Lars Magnus ^a   Fagerholt, Kjetil ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b Norwegian Marine Technology Research Institute MARINTEK   (Norway)

Author keywords

Maritime transportation; Route feasibility; Squeaky wheel optimization

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL TESTS; MARITIME TRANSPORTATION; OPERATIONAL DECISIONS; RO-RO SHIPS; ROUTE FEASIBILITY; SQUEAKY WHEEL OPTIMIZATIONS;

CARGO HANDLING; FREIGHT TRANSPORTATION; HEURISTIC METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MILITARY VEHICLES; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SHIPS; VEHICLE WHEELS; WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION;

FLEET OPERATIONS;

EID: 79951550625     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2011.01.004     Document Type: Article

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