Container Terminals and Automated Transport Systems Logistics Control Issues and Quantitative Decision Support

Container Terminals and Automated Transport Systems Logistics Control Issues and Quantitative Decision Support / edited by Hans-Otto Günther, Kap Hwan Kim.

Container transportation is the predominant mode of inter-continental cargo traffic. Since container ships and port terminals involve a huge capital investment and significant daily operating costs, it is of crucial importance to efficiently utilize the internal resources of container terminals and...

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Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Other Authors: Günther, Hans-Otto (Editor), Kim, Kap Hwan (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edition:1st ed. 2005.
Series:Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Production management.
Operations research.
Decision making.
Engineering economics.
Engineering economy.
Electronic resources (E-books)
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Holy Cross Note:Loaded electronically.
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Table of Contents:
  • Container Terminals
  • Container terminal operation and operations research — a classification and literature review
  • Comparison of vehicle types at an automated container terminal
  • Simulation-based performance evaluation of transport vehicles at automated container terminals
  • Generating scenarios for simulation and optimization of container terminal logistics
  • Fleet sizing and vehicle routing for container transportation in a static environment
  • The berth allocation problem: models and solution methods
  • A scheduling method for Berth and Quay cranes
  • A beam search algorithm for the load sequencing of outbound containers in port container terminals
  • A general framework for scheduling equipment and manpower at container terminals
  • Dispatching multi-load AGVs in highly automated seaport container terminals
  • Transportation Systems
  • Scheduling vehicles in automated transportation systems
  • Modeling of capacitated transportation systems for integral scheduling
  • Modeling and optimization of the intermodal terminal Mega Hub
  • A dispatching method for automated guided vehicles by using a bidding concept
  • Scheduling railway traffic at a construction site
  • Container Loading
  • A bottleneck assignment approach to the multiple container loading problem.

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