The Container Stacking Problem and the Berth Allocation Problem are two important problems in maritime container terminal's management which are clearly related. Terminal operators normally demand all containers to be loaded into an incoming vessel should be ready and easily accessible in the terminal before vessel's arrival. Similarly, customers (i.e., vessel owners) expect prompt berthing of their vessels upon arrival. In this paper, we present an artificial intelligence based-integrated system to relate these problems. Firstly, we develop a metaheuristic algorithm for berth allocation which generates an optimized order of vessel to be served according to existing berth constraints. Secondly, we develop a domain-oriented heuristic planner for calculating the number of reshuffles needed to allocate containers in the appropriate place for a given berth ordering of vessels. By combining these optimized solutions, terminal operators can be assisted to decide the most appropriated solution in each particular case. © 2011 Springer-Verlag London Limited.
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Salido, M. A., Rodriguez-Molins, M., & Barber, F. (2011). Artificial intelligence techniques for the berth allocation and container stacking problems in container terminals. In Res. and Dev. in Intelligent Syst. XXVII: Incorporating Applications and Innovations in Intel. Sys. XVIII - AI 2010, 30th SGAI Int. Conf. on Innovative Techniques and Applications of Artificial Intel. (pp. 295–308). Springer London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-130-1_23
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