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Modelling and Metaheuristic for Gantry Crane Scheduling and Storage Space Allocation Problem in Railway Container Terminals
Joint Authors
Guo, Peng
Zeng, Ming
Cheng, Wenming
Source
Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-13, 13 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-11-20
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
13
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The gantry crane scheduling and storage space allocation problem in the main containers yard of railway container terminal is studied.
A mixed integer programming model which comprehensively considers the handling procedures, noncrossing constraints, the safety margin and traveling time of gantry cranes, and the storage modes in the main area is formulated.
A metaheuristic named backtracking search algorithm (BSA) is then improved to solve this intractable problem.
A series of computational experiments are carried out to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm under some randomly generated cases based on the practical operation conditions.
The results show that the proposed algorithm can gain the near-optimal solutions within a reasonable computation time.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Zeng, Ming& Cheng, Wenming& Guo, Peng. 2017. Modelling and Metaheuristic for Gantry Crane Scheduling and Storage Space Allocation Problem in Railway Container Terminals. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1151891
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Zeng, Ming…[et al.]. Modelling and Metaheuristic for Gantry Crane Scheduling and Storage Space Allocation Problem in Railway Container Terminals. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1151891
American Medical Association (AMA)
Zeng, Ming& Cheng, Wenming& Guo, Peng. Modelling and Metaheuristic for Gantry Crane Scheduling and Storage Space Allocation Problem in Railway Container Terminals. Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-13.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1151891
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1151891