Determining crane areas in intermodal transshipment yards: The yard partition problem
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Determining crane areas in intermodal transshipment yards: The yard partition problem
At rail-road transshipment yards, gantry cranes move containers from freight trains to trucks and vice versa. They constitute important entities in today's intermodal transportation systems. Real-world yards are often partitioned into several disjunct crane areas, so that crane interferences during container transshipment are avoided. In practice, the lengths of such crane areas are typically d...
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عنوان ژورنال: European Journal of Operational Research
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0377-2217
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2009.10.031