Ai-based Optimization for Fleet Management in Maritime Logistics
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This paper outlines the features of an automated Decision Support System (DSS) developed to optimize the logistics of maritime transportation for a large chemical company. The paper focuses on the design and implementation of an optimization module to complement a DSS architecture including dynamic databases, decision heuristics, and dynamic process simulation, for the systematic generation of cost-effective fleet configurations capable of meeting the company’s production requirements.
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