A Simulation-based Optimization Approach for Stochastic Yard Crane Scheduling Problem with Crane Mobility Constraints

摘要

With the fast-paced growth in containerized trade market the need for effective and efficient operations at container terminals is a critical factor in freight transport. One major contributing factor of terminal efficiency is the productivity of Yard Cranes (YC) resulting from YC scheduling. In this paper, the stochastic YC Scheduling Problem (YCSP) is presented aspiring to provide a new yard cranes analysis through operational attributes of the container handling process. A stochastic mixed integer programming model is proposed, and a simulation-based optimization procedure introduced to build YC schedules that account for the dynamic and uncertainty nature of container handling process in container terminals.