Journal of Shanghai University(Natural Science Edition) ›› 2017, Vol. 23 ›› Issue (3): 443-451.doi: 10.12066/j.issn.1007-2861.1688

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Scheduling of automated straddle carrier based on heuristic algorithm

YAO Yuqin, HU Zhihua   

  1. Logistics Research Center, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai 201306, China
  • Received:2015-06-12 Online:2017-06-30 Published:2017-06-30

Abstract:

For automatic scheduling of automated straddle carrier (ASC) of a container terminal, a mixed integer programming model is established. Considering that ASC can be done in a separate container transport between the shore and yard work independently, this paper turns the ASC container terminal scheduling into a simultaneous pickup and delivery problem, and proposes a first finished first insert (FFFI) heuristic algorithm to solve it. Thus the sequence of ASC is assured. Utilization per ASC is calculated. With the numbers of tasks and ASCs changed, utilization of ASC is calculated to verify effectiveness of the algorithm.

Key words: automated straddle carrier (ASC), first finished first insert (FFFI) heuristic algorithm, scheduling, simultaneous pickup and delivery, automated container terminal