DISTRIBUTED E-SERVICES FOR ROAD CONTAINER TRANSPORT SIMULATION

摘要

This paper describes a recently carried out project that aims to improve the handling process of trucks at new container terminals in ports. The simulation models of the truck companies and the ones of the container terminals might be separately developed by different parties applying different simulation packages. In this paper we give an approach for creating a distributed environment that supports the interoperability between these different models. Further, we introduce a planning and scheduling system that carries out the negotiation between the port terminal and truck companies to negotiate time slots for arriving at the terminal. This planning and scheduling system is included in the distributed environment as well and thereby becomes part of the simulated port and transport system.