Scheduling of Tanker Lightering via a Novel Continuous-Time Optimization Framework

The problem of scheduling a fleet of marine vessels for crude oil tanker lightering is addressed. A novel continuous-time mathematical formulation is developed on the basis of the concept of event ...

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