Solving the 3D container ship loading planning problem by representation by rules and meta-heuristics

This paper formulates the 3D containership loading planning problem (3D CLPP) and also proposes a new and compact representation to efficiently solve it. The key objective of stowage planning is to minimise the number of container movements and also the ship's instability. The binary formulatio...

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Autores: De Azevedo, Anibal Tavares, Ribeiro, Cassilda Maria, De Sena, Galeno José, Chaves, Antônio Augusto, Neto, Luis Leduíno Salles, Moretti, Antônio Carlos
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2014
País:Brasil
Institución:Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
Repositorio:Repositório Institucional da UNESP
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.unesp.br:11449/231337
Acceso en línea:http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJDATS.2014.063060
http://hdl.handle.net/11449/231337
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:3D Container ship stowage
Combinatorial optimisation
Meta-heuristic
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Sumario:This paper formulates the 3D containership loading planning problem (3D CLPP) and also proposes a new and compact representation to efficiently solve it. The key objective of stowage planning is to minimise the number of container movements and also the ship's instability. The binary formulation of this problem is properly described and an alternative formulation called Representation by Rules is proposed. This new representation is combined with three metaheuristics-genetic algorithm, simulated annealing, and beam search-to solve the 3D CLPP in a manner that ensures that every solution analysed in the optimisation process is compact and feasible. © 2014 Inderscience Enterprises Ltd.