A service-oriented model for the yard management problem in container terminals

Jian Gang Jin, Jin Xin Cao, Jiang Hang Chen, Der Horng Lee*

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This study proposes a novel service-oriented model for the yard management problem in container terminals. Two decisions of the yard management problem are integrated instead of being solved hierarchically: storage allocation for containers that arrive in near future and yard crane (YC) deployment for assigning yard cranes over the entire storage yard. A concept of YC assignment profile is proposed in order to take into account the requirement of YC work patterns. The problem is formulated as a mixed integer linear program with the objective of minimizing total delayed workload and YC movement penalty as well as the total container moving distance. A rolling horizon approach (RHA) is developed to obtain good solutions in an efficient manner.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationComputational Logistics - Second International Conference, ICCL 2011, Proceedings
Pages233-242
Number of pages10
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd International Conference on Computational Logistics, ICCL 2011 - Hamburg, Germany
Duration: 19 Sept 201122 Sept 2011

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume6971 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference2nd International Conference on Computational Logistics, ICCL 2011
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityHamburg
Period19/09/1122/09/11

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