Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.7307/ptt.v33i2.3578
Container Terminal Berth-Quay Crane Capacity Planning Based on Markov Chain
Meixian Jiang
; Zhejiang University of Technology, College of Mechanical Engineering
Guoxing Wu
; Zhejiang University of Technology, College of Mechanical Engineering
Jianpeng Zheng
; Zhejiang University of Technology, College of Mechanical Engineering
Guanghua Wu
; Zhejiang University of Technology, College of Mechanical Engineering
Abstract
This paper constructs a berth-quay crane capacity planning model with the lowest average daily cost in the container terminal, and analyzes the influence of the number of berths and quay cranes on the terminal operation. The object of berth-quay crane capacity planning is to optimize the number of berths and quay cranes to maximize the benefits of the container terminal. A steady state probability transfer model based on Markov chain for container terminal is constructed by the historical time series of the queuing process. The current minimum time operation principle (MTOP) strategy is proposed to correct the state transition probability of the Markov chain due to the characteristics of the quay crane movement to change the service capacity of a single berth. The solution error is reduced from 7.03% to 0.65% compared to the queuing theory without considering the quay crane movement, which provides a basis for the accurate solution of the berth-quay crane capacity planning model. The proposed berth-quay crane capacity planning model is validated by two container terminal examples, and the results show that the model can greatly guide the container terminal berth-quay crane planning.
Keywords
container terminal; capacity planning; quay crane movement; Markov chain; queuing theory
Hrčak ID:
270885
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Publication date:
7.4.2021.
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