Embedding simulation in yard crane dispatching to minimize job tardiness in container terminals

• Main Authors: Huang, Shell Ying, Guo, Xi, Hsu, Wen Jing, Lim, Wei Lin
• Other Authors: School of Computer Engineering
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Computer science and engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/99035; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/12795
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Two optimal algorithms, MTA* and MT-RBA*, are presented to find the optimal yard crane (YC) job sequence for serving a fleet of vehicles for delivery and pickup jobs with scheduled deadlines and predicted vehicle arrival times. The objective is to minimize the total tardiness of incoming vehicle job...