Industrial Engineering and Management Systems

Korean Institute of Industrial Engineers (대한산업공학회)
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Flow Path Design for Automated Transport Systems in Container Terminals Considering Traffic Congestion

  • Singgih, Ivan Kristianto (Department of Industrial Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Hong, Soondo (Department of Industrial Engineering, Pusan National University) ;
  • Kim, Kap Hwan (Department of Industrial Engineering, Pusan National University)
  • Received : 2015.11.02
  • Accepted : 2016.03.07
  • Published : 2016.03.30
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Abstract

A design method of the network for automated transporters mounted on rails is addressed for automated container terminals. In the network design, the flow directions of some path segments as well as routes of transporters for each flow requirement must be determined, while the total transportation and waiting times are minimized. This study considers, for the design of the network, the waiting times of the transporters during the travel on path segments, intersections, transfer points below the quay crane (QC), and transfer points at the storage yard. An algorithm, which is the combination of a modified Dijkstra's algorithm for finding the shortest time path and a queuing theory for calculating the waiting times during the travel, is proposed. The proposed algorithm can solve the problem in a short time, which can be used in practice. Numerical experiments showed that the proposed algorithm gives solutions better than several simple rules. It was also shown that the proposed algorithm provides satisfactory solutions in a reasonable time with only average 7.22% gap in its travel time from those by a genetic algorithm which needs too long computational time. The performance of the algorithm is tested and analyzed for various parameters.

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