Allocation of empty containers between multi-ports

DOI10.1016/j.ejor.2006.09.003zbMath1128.90004OpenAlexW2080932908MaRDI QIDQ879313

Jing-An Li, Stephen C. H. Leung, Yue Wu, Ke Liu

Publication date: 11 May 2007

Published in: European Journal of Operational Research (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejor.2006.09.003

zbMATH Keywords

heuristicsinventorycontainerization

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Approximation methods and heuristics in mathematical programming (90C59) Inventory, storage, reservoirs (90B05)

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