Port terminals play a critical role in the context of world trade since they are the main nodes
responsible for connecting sea and land transportation. There are several optimization …

The blockchain and artificial intelligence (AI) have been the focal point of innovations and
received increasing attention of the community over the last years. The blockchain …

The economic development of numerous countries is defined by maritime supply chains to a
great extent. Substantial volumes of containerized cargoes delivered by ships are handled …

Operations Research (OR) analytics play a crucial role in optimizing decision-making
processes for real-world problems. The assignment problem, with applications in supply …

Abstract The Internet of Things (IoT) symbolizes numerous devices which are connected
globally through the internet technology and are able to collect and share relevant data. The …

Moth-flame optimization (MFO) is a prominent problem solver with a simple structure that is
widely used to solve different optimization problems. However, MFO and its variants …

Improving container ports' operational efficiency to reduce the delays at ports concerns
global port operators significantly. Optimizing the tactical level allocation of quay side and …

An efficient product distribution is critical for proper supply chain operations. Many supply
chains handle perishable products that decay over time. Due to mismanagement of supply …

The “factory-in-a-box” concept involves assembling production modules (ie, factories) in
containers and transporting the containers to different customer locations. Such a concept …

An urban traffic light scheduling problem (UTLSP) is studied by using problem feature based
meta-heuristics with Q-learning. The goal is to minimize the network-wise total delay time …