Integrating seaports and trade corridors [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Peter Hall ... [et al.]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910459528803321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Burlington, VT, : Ashgate Pub. Company, 2010
• ISBN: 1-317-11524-4; 1-317-11523-6; 1-282-94826-1; 9786612948268; 1-4094-0401-3
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (311 p.)
• Collana: Transport and Mobility
• Altri autori (Persone): HallP. V <1968-> (Peter V.)
• Disciplina: 387.5/44
• Soggetti: Harbors; Shipping; Trade routes; Infrastructure (Economics); Business logistics; Transportation - Planning; Transportation geography; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Notes on Contributors; 1 Introduction; Part I Global Economic Change: Implications for Ports, Corridors and Value Chains; 2 Economic Cycles in Maritime Shipping and Ports; 3 Organizational and Geographical Ramifications of the 2008-2009 Financial Crisis; 4 Carriers' Role in Opening Gateways; 5 Transport and Logistics Hubs; 6 Port, Corridor, Gateway and Chain; Part II Measuring and Improving Gateway and Corridor Performance; 7 Measuring Port Performance; 8 Key Interactions and Value Drivers towards Port Users' Satisfaction; 9 Improving Port Performance10 Coordination in Multi-Actor Logistics Operations; Part III International Case Studies; 11 Benchmarking the ; Integration of Corridors in International Value Networks; 12 Building Value into Transport Chains; 13 Perspectives on Integrated Container Transport; 14 Trade Corridors and Gateways; 15 Hinterlands, Port Regionalisation and Extended Gateways; 16 Entrepreneurial Region and Gateway-Making in China; Bibliography; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: How can the benefits of maritime trade be increased for the companies and institutions directly involved as well as the port city-regions where the transfers take place? Tackling this question, the authors of this volume put into perspective the reality, opportunities and challenges facing seaport gateways and corridors, now and in the future.

Metaheuristics for vehicle routing problems / / Nacima Labadie, Christian Prins, Caroline Prodhon

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910828951403321
• Autore: Labadie Nacima
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London, England ; ; Hoboken, New Jersey : , : iSTE : , : Wiley, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-119-13678-4; 1-119-13676-8; 1-119-13677-6
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (197 p.)
• Collana: Computer Engineering Series. Metaheuristics Set ; ; Volume 3
• Disciplina: 388.310285
• Soggetti: Transportation problems (Programming); Mathematical optimization
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Notations and Abbreviations; Notations; Abbreviations related to problems; Abbreviations related to methods; Introduction; Chapter 1. General Presentation of Vehicle Routing Problems; 1.1. Logistics management and combinatorial optimization; 1.1.1. History of logistics; 1.1.2. Logistics as a science; 1.1.3. Combinatorial optimization; 1.2. Vehicle routing problems; 1.2.1. Problems in transportation optimization; 1.2.2. Vehicle routing ; problems in other contexts; 1.2.3. Characteristics of vehicle routing problems; 1.2.3.1. Components; 1.2.3.2. Constraints1.2.3.3. Objectives; 1.2.4. The capacitated vehicle routing problem; 1.2.4.1. Mathematical model; 1.2.4.2. Solution methods; 1.3. Conclusion; Chapter 2. Simple Heuristics and Local Search Procedures; 2.1. Simple heuristics; 2.1.1. Constructive heuristics; 2.1.2. Two-phase methods; 2.1.3. Best-of approach and randomization; 2.2. Local search; 2.2.1. Principle; 2.2.2. Classical moves; 2.2.3. Feasibility tests; 2.2.4. General approach from Vidal et al.; 2.2.5. Multiple neighborhoods; 2.2.6. Very constrained problems; 2.2.7. Acceleration techniques; 2.2.8. Complex moves; 2.3. ConclusionChapter 3. Metaheuristics Generating a Sequence of Solutions; 3.1. Simulated annealing (SA); 3.1.1. Principle; 3.1.2. Simulated annealing in vehicle routing problems; 3.2. Greedy randomized adaptive search procedure: GRASP; 3.2.1. Principle; 3.2.2. GRASP in vehicle routing problems; 3.3. Tabu search; 3.3.1. Principle; 3.3.2. Tabu search in vehicle routing problems; 3.4. Variable neighborhood search; 3.4.1. Principle; 3.4.2. Variable neighborhood search in vehicle routing problems; 3.5. Iterated local search; 3.5.1. Principle; 3.5.2. Iterated local search in vehicle routing problems3.6. Guided local search; 3.6.1. Principle; 3.6.2. Guided local search in vehicle routing problems; 3.7. Large neighborhood search; 3.7.1. Principle; 3.7.2. Large neighborhood search in vehicle routing problems; 3.8. Transitional forms; 3.8.1. Evolutionary local search principle; 3.8.2. Application to vehicle routing problems; 3.9. Selected examples; 3.9.1. GRASP for the location-routing problem; 3.9.2. Granular tabu search for the CVRP; 3.9.3. Adaptive large neighborhood search for the pickup and delivery problem with time windows; 3.10. ConclusionChapter 4. Metaheuristics Based on a Set of Solutions; 4.1. Genetic algorithm and its variants; 4.1.1. Genetic algorithm; 4.1.2. Memetic algorithm; 4.1.3. Memetic algorithm with population management; 4.1.4. Genetic algorithm and its variants in vehicle routing problems; 4.2. Scatter search; 4.2.1. Scatter search principle; 4.2.2. Scatter search in vehicle routing problems; 4.3. Path relinking; 4.3.1. Principle; 4.3.2. Path relinking in vehicle routing problems; 4.4. Ant colony optimization; 4.4.1. Principle; 4.4.2. ACO in vehicle routing problems; 4.5. Particle swarm optimization