A Framework for Integrated Berth Allocation and Crane Operations Planning in Seaport Container Terminals
A Framework for Integrated Berth Allocation and Crane Operations Planning in Seaport Container Terminals
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10.1287/trsc.1120.0419
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2013-05
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F. Meisel;C. Bierwirth
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作者：
F. Meisel;C. Bierwirth
在港口集装箱码头中，泊位分配、岸桥起重机分配和岸桥起重机调度问题依次求解。然而，这种规划海滨作业的顺序方式常常阻碍以低成本获得足够的资源利用率和服务质量。本文件提供了一个框架，以协调所有必须以综合方式作出的决定。该框架分为三个阶段。第一阶段根据船舶配载计划估算起重机的生产率。在第二阶段中，生产率用于作出靠泊决定，并为船舶分配起重机能力。第三阶段确定详细的起重机时间表，并调整所做的决定。该框架支持使用众所周知的算法来解决所包含的子问题。计算测试表明，综合规划是计算易处理的现实规模的问题场景。它还表明，新的方法平衡的成本驱动程序的终端比传统的方式的业务规划做得更好，它可以显着降低成本。
In seaport container terminals, berth allocation, quay crane assignment, and quay crane scheduling problems are solved sequentially. However, this sequential way of planning the seaside operations often hinders obtaining a sufficient resource utilization and service quality at low cost. This paper provides a framework for aligning all decisions that have to be made in an integrative manner. The framework is laid down in three phases. Phase I estimates productivity rates for the cranes from the vessels' stowage plans. The productivity rates are used in Phase II to make berthing decisions and to assign crane capacity to vessels. Phase III determines detailed crane schedules and aligns the decisions made. The framework supports using well-known heuristics for solving the contained subproblems. Computational tests reveal that the integrated planning is computationally tractable for problem scenarios of realistic size. It is also demonstrated that the new approach balances the cost drivers of a terminal much better than the conventional way of operations planning does and that it enables significant cost reductions.