A branch-and-price algorithm to solve the integrated berth allocation and yard assignment problem in bulk ports

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 235, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 399-411

  Robenek, Tomáš ^a   Umang, Nitish ^a   Bierlaire, Michel ^a   Ropke, Stefan ^b  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Branch and price; Bulk ports; Integrated planning; Keywords; Large scale optimization; Maritime logistics; Mixed integer programming

Indexed keywords

BRANCH AND PRICE; BULK PORTS; INTEGRATED PLANNING; KEYWORDS; LARGE-SCALE OPTIMIZATION; MARITIME LOGISTICS; MIXED INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

ALGORITHMS; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPTIMIZATION; SERVICE VESSELS; TRANSFER CASES (VEHICLES);

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 84893714712     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2013.08.015     Document Type: Article

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