Multi-agent Based Modeling of Container Terminal Operations

Modeling and Design of Container Terminal Operations

Design of container terminal operations is complex because multiple factors affect the operational performance. These factors include: topological constraints, a large number of design parameters and settings, and stochastic interactions that interplay among the quayside, vehicle transport, and stackside processes. In this research, we propose new integrated queuing network models for rapid des...

Agent-based container terminal optimisation

Container terminals play a critical role in international shipping and are under pressure to cope with increasing container traffic. The problem of managing container terminals effectively has a number of characteristics which make agents a suitable technology to consider applying. Container terminals involve the operation of distributed entities (e.g. quay cranes, straddle carriers) which coor...

Multi-Agent Systems for Container Terminal Management

An overview of literature is conducted on research focusing on improving the performance of container terminals. The growth of containerization has led to numerous decision problems for container terminal management to consider in operating their container terminals more efficiently, e.g. where to place a ship along a quay, scheduling the resources to work a ship, etc. The research papers revie...

A Multi Agent Based Simulator for Managing a Container Terminal

Container terminals world wide are trying to expand capacity and increase performance at a minimum of investments. Often the container terminal operations are changing to meet increased customer demands as well as to adapt to new technologies. The increasing costs of container terminal development do justify the use of computer simulation to assist in planning and policy making. A flexible simu...

Optimizing Container Terminal Operations