Multi-criteria evaluation of stacking yard configuration

Journal of King Saud University - Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-46

  Golbabaie, F ^a   Seyedalizadeh Ganji, S R ^a   Arabshahi, N ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP); Container terminal evaluation; Layout configuration; Multi criteria decision making (MCDM); Sea transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 81555228196     PISSN: 10183647     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jksus.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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