Inhalt

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   Introduction
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  Container Terminals - Nodes in the Global Transportation Network
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   Development of the Worldwide Container Sector
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   Processes on a Container Terminal and Used Equipment
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   Handling of Containers at the Seaside
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   Horizontal Transport of Containers
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   Storage of Containers in the Yard
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   Handling of Containers at the Landside
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   Summary of the Main Processes
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   Planning and Logistic Problems at Container Terminals
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   Operational Problems
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   Strategic Problems
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  The Layout Planning Problem of Container Terminals
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   Container Terminal Layout Planning
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   Layout Planning and External Impacts
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   The Yard Layout
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  State of the Art
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   Related Problems and General Approaches
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   Related Problems
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   General Approaches
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   Simulation Models for Container Terminals
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   Analytical Approaches to Yard Layout Planning
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   Overview of Approaches to Container Terminal Layout Planning
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   Required Work
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  The Influence of Block Positions on the Terminal Performance
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   A FLP Based Approach to Layout Planning of Container Terminals
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   Model Formulation
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   Distance Correction
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   Problem Instances
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   Ordering of Items
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   Computational Results
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   Simulation of Different Terminal Layouts
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   Simulation Design
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   Simulation Scenarios
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   Simulation Results
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   Summary
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   Designing Yard Layouts with Transfer Lanes
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  Planning Yard Layouts Considering Variable Block Lengths
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   Yard Layout Problem
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   Modeling Container Terminal Yard Layouts
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   A Local Search Algorithm
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   Computational Results
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   Summary
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  Planning Yard Layouts Considering Variable Block Widths
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   The Influence of Block Width on the Terminal Layout and Performance
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   Performance and Cost Calculation
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   Numerical Example
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   Summary
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   Designing Yard Layouts with Transfer Points
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   A Model for the Layout Design of Yard Layouts with Transfer Points
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   Cycle Distance of Gantry Movements
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   The Block Design Problem
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   Numerical Results and Interpretation
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   Distribution of Reefer Racks
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   Calculating Block Designs
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   Summary
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   Designing Yard Layouts with Direct Transfer
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   The Problem of Designing Straddle Carrier-Based Storage Yards
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   Estimate of the Cycle Times for Straddle Carriers
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   Estimate of In-Block Distances
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   Seaside-Cycle Estimate for Parallel Layouts
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   Seaside-Cycle Estimate for Perpendicular Layouts
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   Landside-Cycle Estimate for Parallel Layouts
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   Landside-Cycle Estimate for Perpendicular Layouts
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   The Model Formulation
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  Numerical Examples
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   The Impact of Different Compensation Strategies
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   The Impact of the TSA Position
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   The Impact of Different Parameter Settings
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   The Vertical vs. the Parallel Case
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   Comparison of the Driving Strategies
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   Summary
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  Adequacy of Layout Categories for Different Terminal Scenarios
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   Description of the Simulation Model
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   Structure and Elements of the Simulation Model
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   Simulation Features and Limitations
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   Control Algorithms Used in the Simulation
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   Simulated Layout Configurations
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   Scenarios
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  Simulation Results
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   Overview of Different Simulated Settings
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   Results for the Perpendicular RMG-Based Layouts with Transfer Points
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   Results for the Parallel RTG-Based Layouts with Transfer Lanes
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   Summary and Interpretation of the Results
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   Summary
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   Summary and Conclusion
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   Proofs
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  Detailed Simulation Results
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   Definition of Performance Measures
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   Summary of the Simulation Results
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   List of Abbreviations
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   List of Figures
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   List of Tables
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   Bibliography