Agent - Based Container Terminal Optimisation ∗ ( Extended
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Container terminals play a critical role in international shipping and are under pressure to cope with increasing container traffic. The problem of managing container terminals effectively has a number of characteristics that suggest the use of agent technology would be beneficial. This paper describes a joint industry-university project which has explored the applicability of agent technology to the domain of container terminal management.
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Agent-based container terminal optimisation
Container terminals play a critical role in international shipping and are under pressure to cope with increasing container traffic. The problem of managing container terminals effectively has a number of characteristics which make agents a suitable technology to consider applying. Container terminals involve the operation of distributed entities (e.g. quay cranes, straddle carriers) which coor...
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