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Determining Values of Design Parameters for a Rail Transportation Terminal in a Container Port  

Jeong, Bong-Joo (Department of Industrial Engineering, Pusan National University)
Lee, Byung-Kwon (Department of Industrial Engineering, Pusan National University)
Kim, Kap-Hwan (Department of Industrial Engineering, Pusan National University)
Seo, Jung-Hun (Research Center for Ubiquitous Port Logistics Technology, Pusan National University)
Park, Soon-Oh (VMS Solutions Co., Ltd.)
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IE interfaces / v.20, no.4, 2007 , pp. 469-478 More about this Journal
Abstract
Rail transportation terminals play an important role in inland transportation systems, because the operation productivity in the terminals significantly influences the efficiency of the whole transportation systems. This paper addresses a design method of a real rail terminal that satisfies a pre-specified throughput capacity. In order to construct high performance rail terminal, it is shown how design parameters can be estimated systematically. Examples of the design parameters are the number of transshipment tracks, the number of rail cranes, and the number of internal trucks. These design parameters are estimated by using simple equations and the validity of the values of these parameters are tested by using simulation. Furthermore, some iterative correction procedure, which uses the simulation technique and the equations alternately, are proposed.
Keywords
rail transportation terminals; design parameters; simulation; iterative correction procedure;
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