Appointment scheduling problem under fairness policy in healthcare services: fuzzy ant lion optimizer

A Ala, V Simic, D Pamucar, EB Tirkolaee - Expert systems with applications, 2022 - Elsevier
This study addresses the application of the Integer Linear Programming technique for the
patient Appointment Scheduling Problem (ASP). In this research, we propose a Mixed …

A combined data mining–optimization approach to manage trucks operations in container terminals with the use of a TAS: Application to an Italian and a Mexican port

C Caballini, MD Gracia, J Mar-Ortiz… - … Research Part E: Logistics …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper relates with the assignment of trucks to time slots in container terminals equipped
with Truck Appointment Systems. A two-phase approach is provided: first, export and import …

A new vocation queuing model to optimize truck appointments and yard handling-equipment use in dual transactions systems of container terminals

N Li, H Haralambides, H Sheng, Z ** - Computers & Industrial Engineering, 2022 - Elsevier
In a dual transaction at a marine terminal, an external truck drops off one container and picks
up another on a single trip. To ensure a successful dual transaction operation and smooth …

Integration of machine learning and simulation for dynamic rescheduling in truck appointment systems

MRF da Silva, IRS Agostino, EM Frazzon - Simulation Modelling Practice …, 2023 - Elsevier
Traditionally, port terminals implement Truck Appointment System to control expected
arrivals of trucks in port terminals. However, the occurrence of disruptions during transport …

Integrated optimization of truck appointment quotas and container relocations for multiple blocks considering transshipment containers handling

S Duan, HX Zheng, ZY Wang - Advanced Engineering Informatics, 2024 - Elsevier
The container terminal is a crucial transshipment node in the sea and land cargo transport
supply chain, and the efficiency of container collection and distribution has always been a …

An approximate dynamic programming approach to dynamic slot allocation of spot containers with random arrivals, cancellations, and no-shows

Y Gu, Y Wang, T Wang - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2025 - Elsevier
Container ship** demands are usually classified into long-term contract demands from
large shippers and ad hoc demands from spot shippers. Compared with stable long-term …

The block relocation problem with appointment scheduling

A Azab, H Morita - European Journal of Operational Research, 2022 - Elsevier
In many container terminals, containers are piled vertically and horizontally in the terminal
yard, limited mainly by the dimensions of the yard crane. Import and export containers are …

Gate appointment design in a container terminal: A robust optimization approach

S Li, S Jia, Y Tao, X Lin - Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Gate congestion is a main challenge faced by container terminals worldwide. In the scenario
of gate congestion, the long waiting line of container trucks can block the traffic into the …

[HTML][HTML] Truck Appointment Scheduling: A Review of Models and Algorithms

MD Gracia, J Mar-Ortiz, M Vargas - Mathematics, 2025 - mdpi.com
This paper provides a comprehensive review of truck appointment scheduling models and
algorithms that support truck appointment systems (TASs) at container terminals. TASs have …

The stochastic container relocation problem with flexible service policies

Y Feng, DP Song, D Li, Q Zeng - Transportation Research Part B …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper investigates the Stochastic Container Relocation Problem in which a flexible
service policy is adopted in the import container retrieval process. The flexible policy allows …