A Novel Yard Allocation Approach for Export Containers in Container Terminal

摘要

In this paper, a novel yard allocation approach for export containers is proposed based on a hybrid stack mode. Firstly, an integer programming model is developed for the problem. To resolve the NP-hard problem regarding the dynamic yard allocation model, a hybrid algorithm, which applies heuristic rules and genetic algorithm, is then employed. Finally, case study on a specific container terminal is used for system illustration, and then verifies the validity and usefulness of this model and algorithm.