Container Handling in Automated Yard Blocks An Integrative Approach Based on Time Information /

• Main Author: Covic, Filip (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Series: Contributions to Management Science,
• Subjects: Production management.; Operations research.; Management science.; Computer simulation.; Engineering economics.; Engineering economy.; Operations Management.; Operations Research, Management Science.; Simulation and Modeling.; Engineering Economics, Organization, Logistics, Marketing.

The yard block of a container terminal is the central point of synchronisation for asynchronous container flows between deep-sea vessels and transport to the hinterland. The structure of the block stipulates that containers are stacked on top of each other with only the topmost container directly ac...