风浪流联合作用下RMFC码头运动性能试验研究

RMFC码头作为连岸设施,周围布置有锚泊系统,其工作海域水深很浅,深度随距海岸线距离而变化。由于利用多刚体水动力学的计算分析难以保证结果的正确性,因此,采用试验方法研究RMFC码头的运动性能。假定单元间的接头和系泊系统可有效承担风、浪、流诱导产生的载荷,通过试验研究RMFC码头典型单元六自由度运动,以验证此种RMFC码头布置形式的有效性。     

锦州港集装箱码头装卸工艺方案探讨

依托锦州港集装箱运输特点和新建第二港池集装箱码头二期工程的具体条件,结合国内外集装箱码头新工艺、新技术开发情况。研究确定适合于锦州港发展的21世纪先进的集装箱码头装卸工艺方案。介绍轨道式集装箱龙门起重机（RMG）和轮胎式集装箱龙门起重机（RTG）2种集装箱堆场装卸设备,通过全面的技术经济比较,推荐采用RMG装卸工艺系统作为锦州港集装箱码头建设方案。     

交通分配的粒子群优化算法

为了方便合理地分配交通量,提出了交通量多路径分配的粒子群优化算法。算法的求解方法是在粒子群算法中构造了路径条数维的粒子空间,每维对应一条可行性路线,其值为对应路径所分配的交通量;对粒子进行归一化处理,使交通量守恒,并进行交通量的多路径分配;根据目标函数评价与筛选粒子,直到满足终止条件。实例计算结果表明:利用粒子群算法得到的目标函数值最小,各路段分配的交通量没有超容量现象,模型求解过程具有方向性,对交通分配的网络规模无限制,因此,粒子群优化算法可行、合理。     

航空公司机队集中调度的成本分析

机队集中调度能够提高机队调度的质量和效率,但目前缺乏评估机队调度质量的技术经济指标.本文提出飞机-航班节分配成本的概念作为其评估指标,分析该成本的三个组成:航班直接运行成本、航班溢出成本和罚成本,并根据航空运输协会工作组提出的成本理论得出航班直接运行成本,构造旅客溢出的概率模型,引入罚成本的相关系数.     

A new schedule-based transit assignment model with travel strategies and supply uncertainties

This paper proposes a new scheduled-based transit assignment model. Unlike other schedule-based models in the literature, we consider supply uncertainties and assume that users adopt strategies to travel from their origins to their destinations. We present an analytical formulation to ensure that on-board passengers continuing to the next stop have priority and waiting passengers are loaded on a first-come-first-serve basis. We propose an analytical model that captures the stochastic nature of the transit schedules and in-vehicle travel times due to road conditions, incidents, or adverse weather. We adopt a mean variance approach that can consider the covariance of travel time between links in a space–time graph but still lead to a robust transit network loading procedure when optimal strategies are adopted. The proposed model is formulated as a user equilibrium problem and solved by an MSA-type algorithm. Numerical results are reported to show the effects of supply uncertainties on the travel strategies and departure times of passengers.     

Energy-aware control for automated container terminals using integrated flow shop scheduling and optimal control

The performance of container terminals needs to be improved to handle the growth of transported containers and maintain port sustainability. This paper provides a methodology for improving the handling capacity of an automated container terminal in an energy-efficient way. The behavior of a container terminal is considered as consisting of a higher level and a lower level represented by discrete-event dynamics and continuous-time dynamics, respectively. These dynamics represent the behavior of a large number of terminal equipment. The dynamics need to be controlled. For controlling the higher level dynamics, a minimal makespan problem is solved. For this, the minimal time required by equipment for performing an operation at the lower level is needed. The minimal time for performing an operation at the lower level is obtained using Pontryagin’s Minimum Principle. The actual operation time allowed by the higher level for processing an operation at the lower level is subsequently determined by a scheduling algorithm at the higher level. Given an actual operation time, the lower level dynamics are controlled using optimal control to achieve minimal energy consumption while respecting the time constraint. Simulation studies illustrate how energy-efficient management of equipment for the minimal makespan could be obtained using the proposed methodology.     

Critical success factors of supply chain integration in container shipping: an application of resource-based view theory

ABSTRACT

The container shipping industry is receiving growing attention in driving the performance of global supply chains. This phenomenon has accelerated supply chain integration (SCI) within the industry. Although SCI could offer numerous benefits, it is often quoted to be implemented easier in theory than in practice. The high failure rate that is associated with SCI is often not addressed in the literature. Grounded on resource-based view (RBV) theory, this paper is aimed at identifying the critical success factors (CSFs) and examining their influence on SCI and supply chain performance (SCP). Survey questionnaires were administered on 164 container shipping firms. The constructs were validated empirically using confirmatory factor analysis and were subsequently analysed using structural equation modelling. The proposed CSFs in this study are found to be positively corelated with SCI, which, in turn, is positively correlated with SCP. This paper has contributed to both theory and practice by applying RBV theory to identify the key resources and capabilities that are necessary for SCI in the container shipping industry.     

Verifying liner Shipping Alliance’s stability by applying core theory

The core is a vital concept in cooperative game theory and has been widely used in analyzing alliance’s stability. It is especially interesting to apply core theory in liner shipping market due to the latter’s exceptional characteristic of non-homogeneous cost curves as well as divisible and fluctuant demand. Having observed some new phenomena and trends in the industry, this paper studies the economic performance and stability of liner shipping alliance by applying core theory where business cooperation is partly realized by delivering joint-service with mega container ships. To demonstrate the core situation in liner shipping alliance, a cost function is first identified on the basis of two assumptions regarding cooperation: 1) sharing or pooling vessels and 2) deploying mega container ships if needed. Taking cost functions as basis, two conditions of approaching core may be groomed, i.e., collective rationality and individual rationality. The first condition is discussed from the perspective of market, while the second condition is studied within the alliance. Stability of liner shipping alliance is then observed based on these two conditions. An illustrative case study is conducted in order to show some implications and explicitly clarify the theory.     

基于SIMULINK的岸边集装箱起重机减摇系统仿真

在岸边集装箱起重机起升机构和小车运行机构模型的基础上建立简化的单摆模型,通过对模型的受力分析建立非线性方程.同时在MATLAB的SIMUUNK环境下对此模型进行动态仿真,达到通过控制小车的驱动力来控制吊具的摆角的目的.     

Optimization of transport investment and pricing policies: the role of transport pricing in network design

This paper investigates the role of transport pricing in network design and describes two facts about flow pattern in a transportation system. The first, illustrated by an example of Braess paradox, is that adding a new link to the network does not necessarily minimize the total travel time. The second is that introducing of appropriate toll pricing may reduce not only the total network time but also the travel time for each individual traveller. It follows with the investigations of different system objectives and different pricing policies (only toll pricing and distance‐based pricing are considered), and shows how they affect the system performance and flow pattern. Lastly, a systematic optimization process is proposed for integrated planning of transport network and pricing policies.