Structural and behavioral equivalence of simulation models
ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation (TOMACS)
Modeling queueing systems using hierarchical control flow graph models
ITI '96 Selected papers from the 18th international conference on Information technology interfaces
Queueing networks and Markov chains: modeling and performance evaluation with computer science applications
Open, Closed, and Mixed Networks of Queues with Different Classes of Customers
Journal of the ACM (JACM)
Mean-Value Analysis of Closed Multichain Queuing Networks
Journal of the ACM (JACM)
Guest Editor's Overview… Queuing Network Models of Computer System Performance
ACM Computing Surveys (CSUR)
Probability and statistics with reliability, queuing and computer science applications
Probability and statistics with reliability, queuing and computer science applications
Mathematical programming models of discrete event system dynamics
Proceedings of the 32nd conference on Winter simulation
Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Simulation Modeling and Analysis
Standardized time series methods: variance estimation using replicated batch means
Proceedings of the 33nd conference on Winter simulation
ACM Transactions on Modeling and Computer Simulation (TOMACS)
Introduction to Logistics Systems Planning and Control
Introduction to Logistics Systems Planning and Control
Output analysis: simulation output analysis
Proceedings of the 34th conference on Winter simulation: exploring new frontiers
Proceedings of the 35th conference on Winter simulation: driving innovation
Simulation worldviews: so what?
WSC '04 Proceedings of the 36th conference on Winter simulation
Generating scheduling constraints for discrete event dynamic systems
WSC '04 Proceedings of the 36th conference on Winter simulation
Models and Tabu Search Heuristics for the Berth-Allocation Problem
Transportation Science
Computers and Operations Research
Simulation-based optimization for the quay crane scheduling problem
Proceedings of the 40th Conference on Winter Simulation
The allocation of berths and quay cranes by using a sub-gradient optimization technique
Computers and Industrial Engineering
Developing a dynamic rolling-horizon decision strategy for yard crane scheduling
Advanced Engineering Informatics
An Integrated Model for Berth Template and Yard Template Planning in Transshipment Hubs
Transportation Science
Mathematics and Computers in Simulation
Computers and Industrial Engineering
Reusable template for simulation of overhead cranes interferences
Proceedings of the Winter Simulation Conference
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This paper focuses on the optimal management of container discharge/loading at any given berthing point, within a real maritime terminal. Productivity maximization of expensive resources, as rail-mounted berth cranes, should be matched with the vessel requirement of minimizing waiting times with an adequate rate of service completion. To this practical problem, a queuing network model is proposed. Due to its complexity, discrete-event simulation appears as the most appropriate approach to model solution. To get a systematic representation of real constraints and policies of resource allocation and activity scheduling, an event graph (EG)-based methodology has been exploited in simulator design. Alternative policies issued by the operation manager can be inserted in a suitable panel-like view of the queuing network model and then compared by means of simulation, to evaluate the average measures for all berth cranes, such as throughput and completion time. Numerical experiments for simulator validation against real data are encouraging. Some decisions on both straddle carrier assignment to berth cranes and hold assignment and sequencing upon the same crane could be improved by the proposed manager-friendly simulation tool.