• Proceedings of the Korea Inteligent Information System Society Conference
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• 2007.11a
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• pp.564-569
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• 2007

자동화 컨테이너 터미널에서 안벽크레인, AGV(Automated Guided Vehicle)와 같은 하역장비의 작업은 수 많은 요인에 영향을 받으며, 이로 인해 각 장비의 작업시간을 정확하게 추정하는 것은 거의 불가능하다. 작업시간의 불확실성은 AGV 배차를 어렵게 만들고 작업효율을 떨어뜨리는 주요 원인이다. 본 논문에서는 이러한 불확실성에 대처하기 위하여 확률적 시뮬레이션 기반 AGV 배차 알고리즘을 제안한다. 제안 방안은 AGV를 배차할 때, 이후 일정 기간 동안의 AGV작업에 대해 확률적 시뮬레이션을 여러번 반복하여 수행하고 평가 값을 평균함으로써 불확실성의 영향을 줄인다. 확률적 시뮬레이션을 위해 크레인 작업시간의 불확실성을 간단한 확률함수로 모델링하고 그에 따라 크레인 작업시간을 결정한다. 또한 AGV 작업시간을 가감속, 간섭을 고려하여 추정한다. 시뮬레이션 실험을 통해 제안방안을 검증한 결과 안벽크레인의 지연이 감소함을 확인하였다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2011.06a
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• pp.218-219
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• 2011

This paper focuses on dispatching strategy for AGVs(Automated Guided Vehicle). The goal of AGV dispatching problem is allocating jobs to AGVs to minimizing QC delay and AGV total travel distance. Due to the highly dynamic nature of container terminal environment, the effect of dispatching is hard to predict thus it leads to frequent modification of dispatching results. Given this situation, single rule-based approach is widely used due to its simplicity and small computational cost. However, single rule-based approach has a limitation that cannot guarantee a satisfactory performance for the various performance measures. In this paper, dispatching strategy based on multicriteria heuristics is proposed. Proposed strategy consists of multiple decision criteria. A muti-objective evolutionary algorithm is applied to optimize weights of those criteria. The result of simulation experiment shows that the proposed approach outperforms single rule-based dispatching approaches.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.35 no.6
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• pp.501-507
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• 2011

This paper focuses on dispatching strategy for AGVs(Automated Guided Vehicle). The goal of AGV dispatching is assigning AGVs to requested job to minimizing the delay of QCs and the travel distance of AGVs. Due to the high dynamic nature of container terminal environment, the effect of dispatching is hard to predict thus it leads to frequent modification of dispatching decisions. In this situation, approaches based on a single rule are widely used due to its simplicity and small computational cost. However, these approaches have a limitation that cannot guarantee a satisfactory performance for the various performance measures. In this paper, dispatching strategy based on multicriteria heuristics is proposed. The Proposed strategy consists of multiple decision criteria. A multi-objective evolutionary algorithm is applied to optimize weights of those criteria. The result of simulation experiment shows that the proposed approach outperforms single rule-based dispatching approaches.

• Journal of Navigation and Port Research
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• v.32 no.10
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• pp.837-844
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• 2008

In an automated container terminal, various factors affect the operation of container handling equipment such as quay cranes and AGVs, and thus calculating the exact operation time is nearly infeasible. This uncertainty makes it difficult to dispatch AGVs well. In this paper, we propose a simulation-based AGV dispatching algorithm When dispatching an AGV to an operation, the proposed algorithm conducts multiple stochastic simulation for the succeeding AGV operations for the predetermined period to collect stochastic samples of the result of the dispatching. In the stochastic simulation, the uncertainty of crane operations is represented as a simple probability distribution and the operation time of a crane is determined according to this. A dispatching option is evaluated by the total delay time of quay cranes which is estimated by averaging the quay crane delay of each simulation In order to collect a sufficient number of samples that guarantee the credibility of the evaluation, we devised a high-speed simulator that simulates AGV operation The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm is validated by simulation experiments.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2007.12a
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• pp.253-254
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• 2007

오늘날 자동화 컨테이너 터미널은 대부분 AGV(Automated Guided Vehicle) 기반의 무인이송시스템을 운영하고 있다. AGV는 컨테이너의 상하차 작업 시 타장비의 도움을 필요로 한다. 이로 인하여 장비 간 대기시간이 발생하며, 이는 생산성을 떨어뜨리는 요인이 된다. 이와 같은 문제점을 해결한 무인이송장비로 ALV(Automated Lifting Vehicle)가 있다. ALV는 자가하역기능이 있어 타장비의 도움 없이 상하차 작업이 가능하다. 본 연구에서는 시뮬레이션을 통하여 각 이송시스템의 생산성을 비교하였다. 시뮬레이션은 이송시스템의 배차 방식과 안벽장비의 종류를 다양하게 설정하고, 무인이송장비의 가감속 운동 및 충돌을 고려하였다. 시뮬레이션 결과 소수의 경우를 제외하고는 ALV 기반의 이송시스템이 AGV 기반의 이송시스템보다 높은 생산성을 보여주었다.

• Proceedings of the Korean Institute of Navigation and Port Research Conference
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• 2023.05a
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• pp.59-60
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• 2023

The automation of container terminals is an important factor that determines port competitiveness, and global advanced ports tend to strengthen their competitiveness through container terminal automation. The operational efficiency of the AGV, which is an essential transport equipment of the automated terminal, can improve the productivity of the automated terminal. The operation of AGVs in automated container terminals differs from that of conventional container terminals, as it is based on an automated system in which AGVs travel along designated paths and operate according to assigned tasks, requiring consideration of factors such as workload, congestion, and collisions. To prevent such problems and improve the efficiency of AGV operations, a more sophisticated model is necessary. Thus, this paper proposes an AGV scheduling model that takes into account the AGV travel path and task assignment within the terminal The model prevent the problem of deadlock and. various cases are generated by changing AGV algebra and number of tasks to create AGV driving situations and evaluate the proposed algorithm through algorithm and optimization analysis.

• IE interfaces
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• v.16 no.spc
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• pp.93-98
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• 2003

This paper addresses an AGV dispatching problem in semiconductor clean-room bays where AGVs move cassettes of wafers between machines or machines and a central buffer. Since each machine in a bay has a local buffer of limited capacity, material flow should be controlled in a careful way to maintain high system performance. It is regarded that two most important performance measures in a semiconductor bay are throughput rate and lead-time. The throughput rate is determined by a bottleneck resource and the lead-time depends on smooth material flow in the system. This paper presents an AGV dispatching procedure based on the concept of theory of constraints (TOC), by which dispatching decisions are made to utilize the bottleneck resource at the maximum level and to smooth the flow of material. The new dispatching procedure is compared with existing dispatching rules through simulation experiments.