On Combinatorial Optimization and Mechanism Design Problems Arising at Container Ports

Download or read book On Combinatorial Optimization and Mechanism Design Problems Arising at Container Ports written by Sebastian Meiswinkel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-05-17 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sebastian Meiswinkel studies optimization problems that arise at container ports from a classic optimization as well as from a mechanism design point of view. The first part of this dissertation is focused on scheduling problems with selfish job owners that have private information about their characteristics. Afterwards the transportations of containers between the quay and a storage area is considered. Variants of this problem are analyzed for utilization of reach stackers and straddle carriers.