Title :
Development of a model of decision support for optimization of physical flows in a container terminal
Author :
Zeinebou, Zoubeir ; Benabdelhafid, Abdelatif
Author_Institution :
Lab. de Mathmatiques Appliques du Havre, Univ. du Havre, Le Havre, France
Abstract :
In this paper we propose a model of decision support to optimize the physical flow of the supply chain port. The physical flow, considered here, is a group of containers. To optimize these flows, we have developed a mathematical model proposing an allocation of incoming vessels on the waterfront in a way to minimize the total distance traveled by containers loaded / unloaded in the port area. This model was solved by using a genetic algorithm. Calculation results are presented and compared with those obtained by a commercial solver (CPLEX).
Keywords :
decision support systems; genetic algorithms; loading; production engineering computing; sea ports; software packages; supply chains; unloading; CPLEX; commercial solver; container group; container loading; container terminal; container unloading; decision support model development; genetic algorithm; incoming vessel allocation; mathematical model; physical flow optimization; supply chain port; Containers; Genetic algorithms; Linear programming; Load modeling; Marine vehicles; Mathematical model; Resource management;
Conference_Titel :
Advanced Logistics and Transport (ICALT), 2013 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Sousse
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4799-0314-6
DOI :
10.1109/ICAdLT.2013.6568496
