We study the problem of integrated pallet retrieval and successive processing in warehouses motivated by a practical company setting. A set of pallets has to be retrieved in a warehouse having a single stacker crane and multiple input/output-points, and the goal is to minimize the makespan....

Background: The key performance index for the container terminals is the vessel berthing time which is highly affected by the scheduling of the different handling equipment. Proper integrated scheduling of the handling equipment is crucial, especially in automated container terminals, where all...