Owing to a rapid growth in world trade and a large increase in the flow of containerized
goods, sea container terminals play a vital role in globe-spanning supply chains. Container …

This book explains the most prominent and some promising new, general techniques that
combine metaheuristics with other optimization methods. A first introductory chapter reviews …

This paper addresses the Berth Allocation Problem under Time-Dependent Limitations. Its
goals are to allocate and schedule the available berthing positions for the container vessels …

Berth allocation and quay crane assignment problems are frequently encountered in
container terminals and the scheduling problems usually exist in a disruption environment …

In this study, a new solution method based on differential evolution algorithm is proposed for
solving Dynamic Berth Allocation Problem (DBAP). Continuous type of this problem which …

This paper focuses on the berth allocation problem, which is to determine where and when
the vessels to be loaded and unloaded at a terminal within a given planning horizon, with …

Seaside operations at container ports often suffer from uncertainty due to events such as the
variation in arrival and/or processing time of vessels, weather conditions and others. Finding …

In container terminals, the planned berth schedules often have to be revised because of
disruptions caused by severe weather, equipment failures, technical problems and other …

So-called string problems are abundant in bioinformatics and computational biology. New
optimization problems dealing with DNA or protein sequences are constantly arising and …

Oil exploration in Brazil is performed by platforms at sea that require several loads carried by
vessels. Thus, it is necessary to have ports to handle these vessels' operation and, therefore …