Novel constraints satisfaction models for optimization problems in container terminals

Applied Mathematical Modelling

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 3601-3634

  Rashidi, Hassan ^a   Tsang, Edward P K ^b  

^a ALLAMEH TABATABA'I UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Constraint Satisfaction Problem; Container terminals; Mathematical formulation; Optimization; Scheduling; Simulation

Indexed keywords

CONSTRAINT SATISFACTION; CONSTRAINT SATISFACTION PROBLEMS; CONSTRAINTS SATISFACTION; CONTAINER TERMINAL; ITS EFFICIENCIES; MATHEMATICAL FORMULATION; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; SCHEDULING DECISIONS; SIMULATION; SOLUTION METHODS;

OPTIMIZATION; PORT TERMINALS; RAILROAD YARDS AND TERMINALS; SCHEDULING;

CONTAINERS;

EID: 84872662653     PISSN: 0307904X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apm.2012.07.042     Document Type: Review

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