A proactive approach for simultaneous berth and quay crane scheduling problem with stochastic arrival and handling time

Xiao-le Han, Zhi-qiang Lu and Li-feng Xi

European Journal of Operational Research, 2010, vol. 207, issue 3, 1327-1340

Abstract: For a container terminal system, efficient berth and quay crane (QC) schedules have great impact on the improvement of both operation efficiency and customer satisfaction. In this paper we address berth and quay crane scheduling problems in a simultaneous way, with uncertainties of vessel arrival time and container handling time. The berths are of discrete type and vessels arrive dynamically with different service priorities. QCs are allowed to move to other berths before finishing processing on currently assigned vessels, adding more flexibility to the terminal system. A mixed integer programming model is proposed, and a simulation based Genetic Algorithm (GA) search procedure is applied to generate robust berth and QC schedule proactively. Computational experiment shows the satisfied performance of our developed algorithm under uncertainty.

Keywords: Genetic; Algorithm; Stochastic; simulation; Berth; and; quay; crane; scheduling; Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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