A multi-criteria evaluation of container terminal technologies applying the COPRAS-G method

Transport

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 364-372

  Barysienė, Jurgita ^a  

^a VILNIUS GEDIMINAS TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Lithuania)

Author keywords

container terminal; decision making; handling technology; intermodal transport; multi criteria evaluation

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; DECISION MAKING; PORT TERMINALS; RAILROAD YARDS AND TERMINALS; RATIONAL FUNCTIONS;

CONTAINER HANDLING; CONTAINER TERMINAL; EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY; EXPERT ASSESSMENT; INTERMODAL TRANSPORT; MULTI-CRITERIA EVALUATION; OBJECTIVE FUNCTIONS; TRANSPORTATION TIME;

TRANSPORTATION;

EID: 84871828220     PISSN: 16484142     EISSN: 16483480     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3846/16484142.2012.750624     Document Type: Article

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