Name
Title | ||
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Berth planning and resources optimisation at a container terminal via discrete event simulation |
Abstract | ||
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A queuing network model of the logistic activities related to the arrival, berthing, and departure processes of vessels at a container terminal is presented in this paper. Non-standard service stations, time-dependent priority mechanisms, and complex resource allocation policies prevent the use of analytical approaches to the solution. By adopting the process approach, a simulation model for the above queuing network has been developed. This requires a limited effort when using graphical objects of the Visual SLAM language for discrete-event simulation. Good validation results, against response measures on a real system, are obtained using aggregated data related to a finite time horizon. Steady-state simulation results illustrate the use of the model for a “what if” optimisation approach to the berth planning problem. |
Year | DOI | Venue |
|---|---|---|
2001 | 10.1016/S0377-2217(00)00200-9 | European Journal of Operational Research |
Keywords | Field | DocType |
Queuing,Simulation,Logistics,Performance optimisation | Mathematical optimization,Queuing network,Queueing theory,Resource allocation,Operations management,Mathematics,Finite time,Queuing network model,Discrete event simulation | Journal |
Volume | Issue | ISSN |
133 | 3 | 0377-2217 |
Citations | PageRank | References |
49 | 3.97 | 4 |
Authors | ||
2 | ||
Name | Order | Citations | PageRank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pasquale Legato | 1 | 282 | 20.44 |
| Rina Mary Mazza | 2 | 93 | 9.72 |