Tactical planning models for managing container flow and ship deployment

Maritime Policy and Management

Volumn 38, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 487-508

  Liu, Xinxin ^a   Ye, Heng Qing ^b   Yuan, Xue Ming ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c SINGAPORE INSTITUTE OF MANUFACTURING TECHNOLOGY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAINER SHIP; CONTAINERIZATION; IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS; MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; SHIPPING; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 80052279279     PISSN: 03088839     EISSN: 14645254     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03088839.2011.597447     Document Type: Article

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