Berth planning and resources optimisation at a container terminal via discrete event simulation

Berth planning and resources optimisation at a container terminal via discrete event simulation

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Article ID: iaor20021634
Country: Netherlands
Volume: 133
Issue: 3
Start Page Number: 537
End Page Number: 547
Publication Date: Sep 2001
Journal: European Journal of Operational Research
Authors: ,
Keywords: simulation: applications, transportation: general
Abstract:

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.

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