Evaluation of automated guided vehicle systems for container terminals using multi agent based simulation

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 5269, Issue , 2009, Pages 167-182

  Henesey, Lawrence ^a   Davidsson, Paul ^b   Persson, Jan A ^a  

^a BLEKINGE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b NONE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Automated guided vehicles; Container terminal; MABS application

Indexed keywords

AGENT BASED; AGV SYSTEM; AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLE SYSTEM; AUTOMATED GUIDED VEHICLES; CONTAINER TERMINAL; COST-EFFICIENT; MABS APPLICATION; MULTI AGENT BASED SIMULATIONS; SIMULATION RESULT;

AUTOMATION; CONTAINERS; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PORT TERMINALS; RAILROAD YARDS AND TERMINALS; SYSTEMS ANALYSIS; VEHICLES;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 67649988818     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-01991-3_13     Document Type: Conference Paper

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