Edge computing represents the future of paradigms that perform tasks near user plane. The integration blockchain with edge provides added advantage secured and trusted communication. In this paper, we propose a blockchain-based service migration by developing clusters using NVIDIA Jetson boards in an embedded environment, containers Kubernetes as container orchestration capable handling real-ti...

The quay crane scheduling problem studied in this paper is to determine a handling sequence of holds for quay cranes assigned to a container vessel considering interference between quay cranes. This paper provides a mixed integer programming model for the considered quay crane scheduling problem that is NP-complete in nature. A genetic algorithm is proposed to obtain near optimal solutions. Com...

Sharing in silico experiments is essential for the advance of research in computational biology. Consequently, the COMBINE archive was designed as a digital container format. It eases the management of files related to a modelling result, fosters collaboration, and ultimately enables the exchange of reproducible simulation studies. However, manual handling of COMBINE archives is tedious and err...

Oxygen is crucial to maintain and save human life. Other than medical purposes it is widely used for manufacture of mineral water, fabrication works and other industrial activities. If adequate precautionary measures are not adopted while handling, storage or transport of oxygen cylinder or container, accidental blast may claim human life and other damage as well. The case involving three victi...

In a container transportation and logistics network, an interport is a common user facility located in the hinterland of one or several seaports where services are available to carriers and shippers such as transshipping, customs clearance and inspection, temporary storage, tagging, and sorting. Interports pose opportunities and challenges for operators involved in freight transport and trade. ...

The Automated Guided Vehicles (or AGVs for short) have become an important option in the container handling process. We present a parallel simulation system for the study of AGV routing schemes. We model the AGV system based on a time-driven approach and execute the model on an efficient simulation engine implemented by using Cilk, a parallel programming language developed at MIT. We will elabo...

The purpose of this research is to analyze the impact of instituting Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems (AS/RS) on the operations of a prototype maritime container terminal. A 3D simulation model is developed to measure the effectiveness of the proposed total system and compare it with existing practices. Three performance analysis variables are defined for this comparison. These key-varia...

This paper presents the design of a simulation model that is being used in a research project to investigate terminal structures for container handling on the planned extension of the Rotterdan port area “Maasvlakte 2”. The research project will use simulation for decision support from the very start of the research until the detailed operational and control studies in future. The model describ...