The selection methods of population-based metaheuristics provide the driving force to generate good solutions. These selection methods select the individuals with a higher fitness to be members of the population in the next iteration correspond to the natural rule of Darwin's principle...

Purpose – The aim of this paper is to evaluate the efficiency of 22 cargo seaports situated in the regions of East Africa and Middle East. Design/methodology/approach – The data envelopment analysis (DEA) with window analysis model evaluates the efficiency score in terms of normal efficiency...

In this paper the efficiency and performance is evaluated for 22 seaports in the region of East Africa and the Middle East. The aim of our study is to compare seaports situated on the maritime trade road between the East and the West. These are considered as middledistance ports at which goods...