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Integrated simulation-based optimization of operational decisions at container terminals

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Veröffentlicht in: Algorithms Vol. 14.2021,2, Article number 42, insgesamt 21 Seiten
Personen und Körperschaften: Kastner, Marvin (VerfasserIn), Nellen, Nicole (VerfasserIn), Schwientek, Anne Kathrina (VerfasserIn), Jahn, Carlos (VerfasserIn), Technische Universität Hamburg (Sonstige), Technische Universität Hamburg Institut für Maritime Logistik (Sonstige)
Titel: Integrated simulation-based optimization of operational decisions at container terminals/ Marvin Kastner, Nicole Nellen, Anne Kathrina Schwientek and Carlos Jahn
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Sprache: Englisch
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2021
Gesamtaufnahme: : Algorithms, Vol. 14.2021,2, Article number 42, insgesamt 21 Seiten
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Zusammenfassung: At container terminals, many cargo handling processes are interconnected and occur in parallel. Within short time windows, many operational decisions need to be made and should consider both time efficiency and equipment utilization. During operation, many sources of disturbance and, thus, uncertainty exist. For these reasons, perfectly coordinated processes can potentially unravel. This study analyzes simulation-based optimization, an approach that considers uncertainty by means of simulation while optimizing a given objective. The developed procedure simultaneously scales the amount of utilized equipment and adjusts the selection and tuning of operational policies. Thus, the benefits of a simulation study and an integrated optimization framework are combined in a new way. Four meta-heuristics - Tree-structured Parzen Estimator, Bayesian Optimization, Simulated Annealing, and Random Search - guide the simulation-based optimization process. Thus, this study aims to determine a favorable configuration of equipment quantity and operational policies for container terminals using a small number of experiments and, simultaneously, to empirically compare the chosen meta-heuristics including the reproducibility of the optimization runs. The results show that simulation-based optimization is suitable for identifying the amount of required equipment and well-performing policies. Among the presented scenarios, no clear ranking between meta-heuristics regarding the solution quality exists. The approximated optima suggest that pooling yard trucks and a yard block assignment that is close to the quay crane are preferable.
Beschreibung: Sonstige Körperschaft: Technische Universität Hamburg
Sonstige Körperschaft: Technische Universität Hamburg, Institut für Maritime Logistik
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ISSN: 1999-4893
DOI: 10.15480/882.3269
Zugang: Open Access