A mixed-model assembly line requires the solution of a short-term sequencing problem which decides on the succession of different models launched down the line. A famous solution approach stemming from the Toyota Production System is the so called Level Scheduling, which aims at distributing the...

At rail-road transshipment yards, gantry cranes move containers from freight trains to trucks and vice versa. They constitute important entities in today's intermodal transportation systems. Real-world yards are often partitioned into several disjunct crane areas, so that crane interferences...