| Synopsis | 第1-8页 |
| 摘要 | 第8-9页 |
| Acknowledgements | 第9-18页 |
| CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION | 第18-25页 |
| ·Background (Orientation) | 第18-19页 |
| ·Motivation for the thesis | 第19-20页 |
| ·Demarcation of the Present Study | 第20页 |
| ·Problem Statement and Objective of the Thesis | 第20-21页 |
| ·Research Design and Methodology | 第21-23页 |
| ·Defining and Formulating a Mathematical Model | 第21页 |
| ·Determining a Solution | 第21-23页 |
| ·Testing the Model and Solution | 第23页 |
| ·Structure of the Thesis | 第23-25页 |
| CHAPTER TWO: STRUCTURE AND PLANNING OF CONTAINER TERMINALOPERATIONS | 第25-33页 |
| ·Introduction | 第25页 |
| ·Overview of Container Terminal Operations | 第25-27页 |
| ·Planning Decisions Facing Container Terminal Operators | 第27-29页 |
| ·Strategic Planning Decisions | 第27-28页 |
| ·Tactical Planning Decisions | 第28页 |
| ·Operational Planning Decisions | 第28-29页 |
| ·Handling Equipment Allocation for Container Loading and Unloading Operations | 第29-32页 |
| ·Quay Crane Scheduling | 第29-30页 |
| ·Internal Truck (IT) Assignment | 第30-31页 |
| ·Yard Crane Scheduling | 第31-32页 |
| ·Chapter summary | 第32-33页 |
| CHAPTER THREE: IMPROVING CONTAINER TERMINAL PERFORMANCE | 第33-43页 |
| ·Introduction | 第33页 |
| ·Container Terminal Performance Measures | 第33-35页 |
| ·Terminal Production Measures | 第33-34页 |
| ·Terminal Productivity Measures | 第34页 |
| ·Terminal Utilization Measures | 第34页 |
| ·Terminal Service Quality Measures | 第34-35页 |
| ·Academic Attempts to Raise Container Terminal Operational Efficiency | 第35-41页 |
| ·Related Work on Quay Cranes Scheduling | 第35-36页 |
| ·Related Work on Internal (Yard) Truck Scheduling | 第36-37页 |
| ·Related Work on Yard Crane Scheduling | 第37-38页 |
| ·Related Work on Coordinated Models for Container Terminals | 第38-41页 |
| ·Gaps in the Previous Literature | 第41-42页 |
| ·Chapter Summary | 第42-43页 |
| CHAPTER FOUR: COORDINATED SCHEDULING MODEL FOR LOADING ANDUNLOADING CONTAINERS | 第43-58页 |
| ·Introduction | 第43页 |
| ·Preliminary Problem Descriptions for Loading and Unloading Operations | 第43-44页 |
| ·Hybrid Flowshop Scheduling Problem (HFSP) | 第44-48页 |
| ·Classes of Hybrid Flowshop Scheduling Problems (HFSPs) | 第45-48页 |
| ·Literature Survey on HFSPs for Container Terminal Operations | 第48-49页 |
| ·Characteristics of Scheduling Model | 第49-50页 |
| ·Mathematical Formulation of the Scheduling Model | 第50-56页 |
| ·Model Assumptions | 第50页 |
| ·Description of the Proposed Scheduling Model | 第50-51页 |
| ·Indices | 第51页 |
| ·Problem parameters | 第51-52页 |
| ·Decision Variables | 第52-56页 |
| ·Chapter Summary | 第56-58页 |
| CHAPTER FIVE: SOLUTION PROCEDURE | 第58-80页 |
| ·Introduction | 第58页 |
| ·Formulation of 5 Subproblems | 第58-63页 |
| ·The Supplementary Sub-problem | 第59-61页 |
| ·The Single Stage Sub-problem with Arrival and Delivery Times | 第61-62页 |
| ·The Single Stage Sub-problem with Arrival Times | 第62-63页 |
| ·Description of the Solution Procedure | 第63-64页 |
| ·Implementation of Genetic Algorithm (GA) | 第64-74页 |
| ·Framework of Genetic Algorithm | 第64-66页 |
| ·Solution Representation | 第66页 |
| ·Initial Solution Generation Procedure | 第66-67页 |
| ·Fitness Function and Values | 第67页 |
| ·Genetic Operators Design | 第67-71页 |
| ·Parent Selection and Replacement Strategy | 第71-73页 |
| ·Stopping criteria | 第73-74页 |
| ·Global Schedule Construction Algorithm (GSCA) | 第74-79页 |
| ·Chapter Summary | 第79-80页 |
| CHAPTER SIX: RESEARCH FINDINGS AND DEDUCTIONS | 第80-92页 |
| ·Introduction | 第80页 |
| ·Lower Bounds | 第80-82页 |
| ·Numerical Tests and Results | 第82-91页 |
| ·Problem Settings | 第83页 |
| ·Test 1 and Its Results | 第83-86页 |
| ·Test 2 and Its Results | 第86-89页 |
| ·Test 3 and Its Results | 第89-91页 |
| ·Chapter Summary | 第91-92页 |
| CHAPTER SEVEN: CONCLUSIONS | 第92-96页 |
| ·Thesis summary | 第92-93页 |
| ·Overview of Contributions | 第93-94页 |
| ·Suggestions and recommendations | 第94-95页 |
| ·Possible future work | 第95-96页 |
| References | 第96-104页 |
| Appendix A: List of Publications | 第104-106页 |
| 中文摘要 | 第106-127页 |
