Routing and Collision Avoidance of Linear Motor based Transfer Systems using Online Dynamic Programming

  • Published : 2006.12.07

Abstract

Significant increase of container flows in marine terminals requires more efficient automatic port systems. This paper presents a novel routing and collision avoidance algorithm of linear motor based shuttle cars using dynamic programming (DP). The proposed DP is accomplished online for determining optimal paths for each shuttle car. We apply our algorithm to Agile port terminal in USA.

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