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Showing 1 to 20 of 677 for “"container"”.
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Optimizing container retrieval operation at a port container terminal
… A new approach is presented that optimizes container handling equipment operation and is beneficial for the terminal operator in terms of improving productivity, providing faster service and reducing operating cost, Also, the solution provides acceptable service for truckers, The operational …
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An Unstable Container
<p><em>An Unstable Container</em> is a collection of short creative nonfiction essays and poetry, with influences from personal memoir, lyric essays, race and gender studies, and poetry. The work examines the intersections of race, gender, and sexuality, and the ways in which language, society, and …
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Optimal container loading
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 1984.
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Efficient container fleet expansion
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 1983.
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Equipment control in container shipping
Thesis (M.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 1994.
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Cyberspace as a memory container
Space is a container for memory. This metaphor is built upon the observation that the human mind can easily acquire spatial information without much deliberation. Moreover, non-spatial information can be better retrieved when associated with a spatial memory. The mnemonic function of space has been …
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Pan-European durable container strategy
Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management; and, (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science; in conjunction with the Leaders for Manufacturing Program at MIT, 2002.
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Game theoretical offshore container port competition
Container ports are indispensable parts of the container transport operations. In terms of container transport operations even better port services are desired to provide viability of reliable liner shipping service. Therefore, port competition to supply better port services is one of the natural …
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CONTAINER TRANSPORTATION NETWORK MODELING AND OPTIMIZATION
In this dissertation, four tactical-level decision problems for liner shipping companies are addressed: fleet deployment, sailing speed optimization, ship route schedule design, and liner shipping network design. These decision problems focus on different aspects of liner shipping services with …
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CONTAINER CIRCUIT HOUSING FOR MIGRANT WORKERS
… for transient migrant worker, surplus shipping containers are chosen to be repurposed to be fitted in a linear manner as a site hording creating a buffer on the envelope of the construction as well as providing protection from the public and using minimal useable space for construction works. A …
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Load Mixing to Improve Container Utilization
… or more items of different weights in the same container to reduce the number of trucks needed.</p> <p>Load mixing is similar to other packing problems such as the knapsack and container loading problems. However, traditional packing problems typically only assume a single type of capacity …
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Balancing container inventories for ocean carriers
… industry has undergone a dramatic shift into container operations. The advantages of this mode of transportation are numerous, especially for the ocean carriers. The use of containers adds a high degree of versatility to their ships and increases the utilization of the vessels by means of a …
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In Land Container Depots and Container Freight Services Decongestion Strategies: The Case Study of Tanzania Ports Authority
… examine decongestion strategies used in inland container depots (ICDs) and container freight services (CFSs) at Tanzania sea ports. Specifically the study was to identify factors that contribute to the increased congestion of Tanzanian seaports; to assess the effects of congestion at Tanzania …
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Improving the productivity of marine container terminals
… with several facets of the management of container terminals. One facet, of the research was to test the hypothesis that it is difficult to compare the productivities of container terminals. This is because the measures used to calculate productivity vary from operator to operator. In this …
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New optimization models for empty container management
… investigates the reasons why nowadays empty container repositioning represents a crucial issue for the shipping industry. Moreover, taking into account information collected through surveys and meetings with industrial experts, we provide a broad overview of current logistic practices for the …
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Vessel : a lightweight container for network analysis
TCP adaptation and retransmission strategies provide robust advantages by abstracting the development of applications on the Internet from the development of lower layers. However, the abstraction hides useful low-level information from researchers and administrators who could otherwise use the …
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Dynamic and stochastic models for container allocation
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Ocean Engineering, 1995.
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Assessing the impact of container marking implementation
… the Amgen manufacturing network in order to code containers at the unit-level to reduce the possibility of mix-ups of unlabeled drug products. In order to prepare for the roll-out of these new capabilities, an assessment of the impact to throughput, packaging yield and eject rates was conducted. …
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Spray stake irrigation of container-grown plants
… amount applied' 100] of spray stake-irrigated, container-grown plants. In the first experiment, pine bark-filled containers were irrigated to replace moisture deficits of 600, 1200, or 1800 ml. Deficits were returned in single, continuous applications at application rates of 148, 220, and 270 …
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