Scheduling quay cranes and yard trucks for unloading operations in container ports

Lu Zhen, Shucheng Yu, Shuaian Wang () and Zhuo Sun
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Lu Zhen: Shanghai University
Shucheng Yu: Shanghai University
Shuaian Wang: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Zhuo Sun: Dalian Maritime University

Annals of Operations Research, 2019, vol. 273, issue 1, No 16, 455-478

Abstract: Abstract This paper studies an integrated optimization problem on quay crane and yard truck scheduling in container terminals. A mixed-integer programming model is formulated. For the model, we show the integrated scheduling problem is strongly NP-hard and investigate some properties that can considerably reduce the computational complexity. For solving the proposed model within a reasonable time, a particle swarm optimization based solution method is developed. Numerical experiments are conducted to compare the proposed method with the CPLEX solver and the genetic algorithm. The results validate the effectiveness of the proposed model and the efficiency of the proposed solution method.

Keywords: OR in transportation; Scheduling; Container port operation; Quay cranes; Yard trucks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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