Agent-based container terminal optimisation
Winikoff, Michael; Wagner, Hanno-Felix; Young, Thomas; Cranefield, Stephen; Jarquin, Roger; Li, Guannan; Martin, Brent; Unland, Rainer

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Winikoff, M., Wagner, H.-F., Young, T., Cranefield, S., Jarquin, R., Li, G., … Unland, R. (2011). Agent-based container terminal optimisation (Information Science Discussion Papers Series No. 2011/01). University of Otago. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10523/991
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Abstract:
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 coordinate to achieve competing goals in a dynamic environment. This paper describes a joint industry-university project which has explored the applicability of agent technology to the domain of container terminal management. We describe an emulation platform of a container terminal based on the JADE agent framework, along with two optimisations that have been developed and integrated with the emulator: allocating container moves to machines through negotiation, and allocating containers to yard locations through an evolutionary algorithm.
Date:
2011-01
Publisher:
University of Otago
Pages:
11
Series number:
2011/01
Keywords:
container terminal management; container terminal optimisation; logistics
Research Type:
Discussion Paper