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An Optimization Approach to Berth Allocation Problems

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  • Shu-Chuan Chang

    (College of Management, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 106344, Taiwan)

  • Ming-Hua Lin

    (Department of Urban Industrial Management and Marketing, University of Taipei, Taipei 111036, Taiwan)

  • Jung-Fa Tsai

    (Department of Business Management, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei 106344, Taiwan)

Abstract

The berth allocation problem determining the berthing time and position for incoming vessels in port operations has garnered increased attention within the global transportation network. This study focuses on the berth allocation problem with a continuous quay and dynamic vessel arrivals. With the overarching goal of enhancing service quality and optimizing berth utilization rates, this article proposes a mathematical programming model that minimizes the total waiting time of vessels and the overall completion time of vessel service. The formulated model is a mixed-integer linear programming problem that deterministic optimization techniques can globally solve. For large-scale problems, this study develops a genetic algorithm optimization approach to improve computational efficiency in reaching a near-optimal solution. Several numerical experiments are conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed approach.

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  • Shu-Chuan Chang & Ming-Hua Lin & Jung-Fa Tsai, 2024. "An Optimization Approach to Berth Allocation Problems," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 12(5), pages 1-16, March.
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