Container Terminals and Automated Transport Systems: Logistics Control Issues and Quantitative Decision Support (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9783642061028)

Logistics control issues of container terminals and automated transportation systems.- 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.- 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 sea port container terminals.- Scheduling vehicles in automated transportation systems - Algorithms and case study.- 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.- A bottleneck assignment approach to the multiple container loading problem.

Author: Hans-Otto Günther
ISBN-10: 3642061028
ISBN-13: 9783642061028
Publisher: Springer
Language: English
Published: 10/13/2010
Pages: 374
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.21lbs
Size: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.81d