A discrete event simulation model for the analysis of critical factors in the expansion plan of a marine container terminal

Proceedings - 23rd European Conference on Modelling and Simulation, ECMS 2009

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 288-294

  Ambrosino, Daniela ^a,b   Tànfani, Elena ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Department of Mathematics and Operation Research ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Discrete event simulation; Marine container terminal; Performance analysis

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; CONTAINERS; DECISION THEORY; EXPANSION; PORT TERMINALS; RAILROAD YARDS AND TERMINALS;

DECISION PROBLEMS; DIFFERENT EQUIPMENT; DISCRETE-EVENT SIMULATION MODEL; HANDLING TECHNIQUE; INVESTMENT OPTIONS; MARINE CONTAINER TERMINALS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; SOFTWARE ENVIRONMENTS;

DISCRETE EVENT SIMULATION;

EID: 84857735593     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.7148/2009-0288-0294     Document Type: Conference Paper

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