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Single Vehicle Routing in Port Container Terminals

Franqueira, Virginia N.L. (2003) Single Vehicle Routing in Port Container Terminals. Master of Science (MSc) thesis, Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo. (doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.1827.2241) (KAR id:77541)

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Abstract

Export containers must be carried over from the port storage area to container ships to be delivered to their destination. Optimizing containers’ transport routing is essential in order to enhance port performance and save costs. This thesis deals with a single vehicle routing problem in a container terminal environment. Heuristic strategies Beam Search and Ant Colony Optimization are proposed to solve the problem and are tested comparatively. A new strategy for container collection is proposed as a substitute for the traditional greedy strategy of container collection.

Item Type: Thesis (Master of Science (MSc))
DOI/Identification number: 10.13140/RG.2.1.1827.2241
Uncontrolled keywords: Heuristic Search, Beam Search, Ant Colony Optimization, Single Vehicle Routing Problem, Export containers terminal, Port.
Subjects: Q Science > QA Mathematics (inc Computing science)
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Computing
Depositing User: Virginia Franqueira
Date Deposited: 17 Oct 2019 09:01 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:26 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/77541 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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Franqueira, Virginia N.L..

Creator's ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1332-9115
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