Modeling and feedback control for resource allocation and performance analysis in container terminals

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 601-614

  Alessandri, Angelo ^a   Cervellera, Cristiano ^b   Cuneo, Marta ^b   Gaggero, Mauro ^a,b   Soncin, Giuseppe ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS FOR AUTOMATION   (Italy)

Author keywords

Container terminal modeling; Feedback control; Myopic control; Optimization; Resource allocation; Terminal management

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; FEEDBACK CONTROL; OPTIMIZATION; PLANNING; PORT TERMINALS; QUEUEING THEORY; RAILROAD YARDS AND TERMINALS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CONTAINER FLOWS; CONTAINER TERMINAL MODELING; CONTAINER TERMINALS; DISCRETE-TIME MODELS; FEEDBACK CONTROL STRATEGIES; INPUT VARIABLES; MYOPIC CONTROL; PERFORMANCE ANALYSES; PERFORMANCE COSTS; QUEUE LENGTHS; RESOURCE ASSIGNMENTS; SCENARIO ANALYSES; SIMULATION RESULTS; TERMINAL MANAGEMENT;

FEEDBACK;

EID: 57149132232     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2008.2006737     Document Type: Article

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