| Article ID: | iaor20031525 |
| Country: | Netherlands |
| Volume: | 33 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 23 |
| End Page Number: | 38 |
| Publication Date: | May 2002 |
| Journal: | Decision Support Systems |
| Authors: | Paolucci Massimo, Sacile Roberto, Boccalatte Antonio |
| Keywords: | simulation: applications |
This work focuses on the problem of allocating the crude oil loads of tanker ships to port and refinery tanks. Two discrete scheduling aspects mainly influence this process: the tankers' arrivals and the sequence of crude lots processed in the refinery. A simulation-based approach that can be applied as a simulator of the physics of the crude oil flow in the refinery system, as a learning support for personnel training, and as a decision support system is proposed. The results of the application of the implemented system on a real small–medium-sized refinery system are presented.