Decision Support System for Automatic Cargo Planning for Tanker Ships

유조선 자동 적.양하 계획을 위한 의사결정지원 시스템

The objective of this paper is to suggest a decision support system allowing automatic loading and discharging planning for tanker ships, and provide a working prototype. Particular attention is placed on developing a feasible system for improving the speed and accuracy of cargo planning by combining practice and theoretical solution methods. The system is consisted of a simulation model for tank allocation and an expert system for working sequence. Several program tests are undertaken with randomly generated input data. The results suggest that the system is quite meaningful even though there are still some problems to be solved. The paper concludes with a discussion of issues for future development of the decision support system.