ISBN:
9781000629354
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100062935X
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9781000629309
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1000629309
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9781003308386
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1003308384
Language:
English
Pages:
1 online resource
Edition:
Third edition.
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als
DDC:
629.892
Keywords:
Automated guided vehicle systems
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Container terminals
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Transportation, Automotive Dispatching
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Harbors
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Automated guided vehicle systems
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Container terminals
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Harbors
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Transportation, Automotive ; Dispatching
Abstract:
Container terminals are constantly being challenged to adjust their throughput capacity to match fluctuating demand. Examining the optimization problems encountered in today's container terminals, Port Automation and Vehicle Scheduling: Advanced Algorithms for Scheduling Problems of AGVs, Third Edition provides advanced algorithms for handling the scheduling of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) in ports. Building on the earlier editions, previously titled Vehicle Scheduling in Port Automation: Advanced Algorithms for Minimum Cost Flow Problems, this book has undergone extensive revisions and includes two new chapters. New material addresses the solutions to the modeling of decisions in Chapter 3, while in Chapter 11 the authors address an emerging challenge in automated container terminals with integrated management. Key Features: Classifies the optimization problems of the ports into five scheduling decisions. For each decision, it supplies an overview, formulates each of the decisions as constraint satisfaction and optimization problems, and then covers possible solutions, implementation, and performance. Explores in Part One of the book the various optimization problems in modern container terminals, while details in Part Two advanced algorithms for the minimum cost flow (MCF) problem and for the scheduling problem of AGVs in ports. Offers complete package that can help readers address the scheduling problems of AGVs in ports. This is a valuable reference for port authorities and researchers, including specialists and graduate students in operation research. For specialists, it provides novel and efficient algorithms for network flow problems. For students, it supplies the most comprehensive survey of the field along with a rigorous formulation of the problems in port automation.
Note:
〈P〉1. Introduction〈/P〉〈B〉〈P〉PART 1 OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS FACING MODERN CONTAINER TERMINALS〈/P〉〈/B〉〈P〉2. Problems in Container Terminals〈/P〉〈P〉3. Formulations of the Problems〈/P〉〈P〉4. Solutions to the Decisions: Review and Suggestions〈/P〉〈B〉〈P〉PART 2 ADVANCED ALGORITHMS FOR THE SCHEDULING PROBLEM OF AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLES〈/P〉〈/B〉〈P〉5. Vehicle Scheduling: A Minimum Cost Flow Problem〈/P〉〈P〉6. Network Simplex: The Fastest Algorithm〈/P〉〈P〉7. Network Simplex Plus: Complete Advanced Algorithm〈/P〉〈P〉8. Dynamic Network Simplex: Dynamic Complete Advanced Algorithm〈/P〉〈P〉9. Greedy Vehicle Search: An Incomplete Advanced Algorithm〈/P〉〈P〉10. Multi-Load and Heterogeneous Vehicles Scheduling: Hybrid Solutions〈/P〉〈P〉11. Integrated Management of Equipment in Automated Container Terminals〈/P〉〈P〉12. Conclusions and Future Research〈/P〉〈B〉〈P〉Appendix: Information on Web〈/P〉〈/B〉. - Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed
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