A Hybrid Dynamical Approach for Allocating Materials in a Dry Bulk Terminal
A Hybrid Dynamical Approach for Allocating Materials in a Dry Bulk Terminal
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干散货码头物料分配的混合动态方法
DOI：
10.1109/tase.2017.2784483
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发表时间：
2018-01
影响因子：
5.6
通讯作者：
Teus van Vianen
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作者：
Jianbin Xin;Rudy Negenborn;Teus van Vianen
本文提出了一种在具有有限存储容量的干散货码头进行物料分配的新型建模与控制方法。从混合系统的角度对码头中物料存储分配的动态过程进行了建模。
This paper proposes a new modeling and control methodology for allocating materials in a dry bulk terminal with a finite storage capacity. The dynamical process of material storage allocation in the terminal is modeled using a hybrid system perspective that combines both discrete-event and continuous-time dynamics. The stockyard space is partitioned into a number of slots for exchanging incoming and outgoing material flows in the terminal, leading to a so-called mixed logical dynamical (MLD) model with the maximal storage capacity. Based on the MLD model, a model predictive controller is then proposed for maximizing the economic profit in a rolling horizon manner. A number of Monte Carlo simulations have been performed involving a real case study for analyzing the effects of different slot volumes on the economic performance and the computational performance of the controller. Simulations also demonstrate the potential of the proposed methodology. Note to Practitioners—This paper is motivated by the problem of allocating dry bulk materials in the stockyard of a small import terminal. In current approaches for allocating materials, the storage capacity cannot be considered, and this could lower the terminal profit resulting from delaying the vessel in the terminal when a finite storage capacity is considered. This paper suggests a new approach from a hybrid system perspective that captures the dry bulk terminal operation dynamics. In this paper, we mathematically describe the process of allocating materials into different slots in the stockyard using a hybrid dynamical model and propose a model predictive controller to maximize the terminal operation profit. We then show how the slot size influences the economic performance and analyze its associated computations by conducting simulation experiments involving a case study. Simulation experiments also suggest that this approach achieves significantly more economic benefits compared with current approaches. In future research, a large intermodal terminal will be investigated whereby incoming and outgoing materials of different transport modalities need to be coordinated properly.
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DOI：
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发表时间：
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期刊：
IEEE transactions on control systems technology : a publication of the IEEE Control Systems Society
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