Maritime repositioning of empty containers under uncertain port disruptions

Computers and Industrial Engineering

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 827-837

  Di Francesco, Massimo ^a   Lai, Michela ^a   Zuddas, Paola ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Disruptions; Empty container repositioning; Networks; Stochastic programming; Time extended optimization models

Indexed keywords

DECISION MAKING; FINANCIAL MARKETS; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS); OPTIMIZATION; RISK PERCEPTION; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC PROGRAMMING; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS;

DECISION MAKING PROCESS; DISRUPTIONS; EMPTY CONTAINER REPOSITIONING; MARITIME NETWORKS; MULTI SCENARIOS; NUMERICAL EXPERIMENTS; OPTIMIZATION MODELS; PORT DISRUPTIONS;

CONTAINERS;

EID: 84883350189     PISSN: 03608352     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cie.2012.12.014     Document Type: Article

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