A heuristics-based solution to the continuous berth allocation and crane assignment problem

Alexandria Engineering Journal

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 671-677

  Elwany, Mohammad Hamdy ^a   Ali, Islam ^a   Abouelseoud, Yasmine ^a  

^a Alexandria University The Faculty Of Engineering   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Berth Allocation Problem (BAP); Container Terminal (CT); Quay Crane Assignment Problem (QCAP); Simulated Annealing (SA)

Indexed keywords

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; CRANES; HEURISTIC METHODS; PORT TERMINALS; RAILROAD YARDS AND TERMINALS; SIMULATED ANNEALING; TRANSFER CASES (VEHICLES);

ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS; BERTH ALLOCATION PROBLEM; COMPUTATIONAL TIME; CONTAINER TERMINAL; HIGH-QUALITY SOLUTIONS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; QUAY CRANE ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS; SOLUTION METHODOLOGY;

RESERVATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84889665791     PISSN: 11100168     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.aej.2013.09.001     Document Type: Article

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