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Port designers are facing challenges in choosing appropriate terminal layouts to maximise operational efficiencies. This study aims to address this problem by providing a simulation optimisation framework for container terminal layout design. This framework consists of three main modules which are automated layout generator (ALG), the multi-objective optimal computing budget allocation (MOCBA) algorithm and the genetic algorithm (GA). ALG is to automatically generate a simulation model for a set of given design parameters; MOCBA is to intelligently determine the simulation replications to different designs for identifying promising designs; GA is to help generate new design parameters for optimisation. Numerical examples are used to demonstrate the applicability of this framework.
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Lee, L.H., Chew, E.P., Chua, K.H., Sun, Z., Zhen, L. (2011). A Simulation Optimisation Framework for Container Terminal Layout Design. In: Wang, L., Ng, A., Deb, K. (eds) Multi-objective Evolutionary Optimisation for Product Design and Manufacturing. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-652-8_14
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