A tree search procedure for the container relocation problem

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 299-309

  Forster, Florian ^a   Bortfeldt, Andreas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Container relocation problem; Logistics; Seaport; Transportation; Tree search

Indexed keywords

CONTAINER RELOCATION; CONTAINER TERMINAL; GROUP INDEX; HEURISTIC TREE SEARCH; SEAPORT; SOLUTION APPROACH; TREE SEARCH;

AUTOMOBILES; PLANT EXTRACTS; PORTS AND HARBORS;

CONTAINERS;

EID: 79958103951     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2011.04.004     Document Type: Article

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