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Interblock Crane Deployment in Container Terminals

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  • Raymond K. Cheung

    (Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong)

  • Chung-Lun Li

    (Department of Industrial Engineering and Engineering Management, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong)

  • Wuqin Lin

    (School of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332)

Abstract

We consider the problem of scheduling the movements of cranes in a container storage yard so as to minimize the total unfinished workload at the end of each time period. The problem is formulated as a mixed-integer linear program, and the computational complexity ofthe problem is analyzed. A Lagrangian decomposition solution procedure is described. A new solution approach, called the successive piecewise-linear approximation method, is also developed. Through computational experiments, we show that our proposed solution methods are both efficient and effective for large-sized problems.

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  • Raymond K. Cheung & Chung-Lun Li & Wuqin Lin, 2002. "Interblock Crane Deployment in Container Terminals," Transportation Science, INFORMS, vol. 36(1), pages 79-93, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:inm:ortrsc:v:36:y:2002:i:1:p:79-93
    DOI: 10.1287/trsc.36.1.79.568
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