Download or read book Metaheuristics for Maritime Operations written by S. Mahdi Homayouni and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2018-04-16 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Metaheuristic Algorithms in Maritime Operations Optimization focuses on the seaside and port side problems regarding the maritime transportation. The book reviews and introduces the most important problems regarding the shipping network design, long-term and short-term scheduling and planning problems in both bulk and container shipping as well as liquid maritime transportation. Application of meta heuristic algorithm is important for these problems, as most of them are hard and time-consuming to be solved optimally.