Hybrid Estimation of Distribution Algorithm for the Quay Crane Scheduling Problem

• Published in: Applied soft computing Vol. 13; no. 10; pp. 4063 - 4076
• Main Authors: Expósito-Izquierdo, Christopher, González-Velarde, José Luis, Melián-Batista, Belén, Marcos Moreno-Vega, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier B.V 01.10.2013
• Subjects: Container terminal; Estimation of Distribution Algorithm; Heuristics; Local search; Quay Crane Scheduling Problem; Local search; Estimation of Distribution Algorithm; Container terminal; Quay Crane Scheduling Problem; Heuristics

•Development of a hybrid algorithm that combines an Estimation of Distribution Algorithm with local search to solve the Quay Crane Scheduling Problem.•The proposed algorithm significantly reduces the computational time required by other algorithms from the related literature while reaching high-qual...