1. Vessel velocity decisions in inland waterway transportation under uncertainty
- Author
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Julian Arthur Pawel Golak, Moritz Buchem, Alexander Grigoriev, RS: GSBE other - not theme-related research, QE Operations research, Data Analytics and Digitalisation, RS: GSBE Theme Data-Driven Decision-Making, RS: FSE DACS Mathematics Centre Maastricht, RS: GSBE FSD, and RS: GSBE MORSE
- Subjects
Waiting time ,c00 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods: General ,Information Systems and Management ,Optimization problem ,General Computer Science ,Operations research ,Heuristic (computer science) ,Stochastic optimization ,0211 other engineering and technologies ,ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS ,02 engineering and technology ,Management Science and Operations Research ,TIMES ,Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering ,fuel consumption ,0502 economics and business ,change ,Economic impact analysis ,OPTIMIZATION ,Information provision ,dynamic programming ,050210 logistics & transportation ,021103 operations research ,05 social sciences ,Lock scheduling ,Mathematical and Quantitative Methods: General ,Lock (computer science) ,climate change ,Modeling and Simulation ,Fuel efficiency ,Environmental science ,OR in environment and climate ,environment ,SCHEDULE DESIGN ,SYSTEM - Abstract
Recent studies have concentrated on environmental and economic impacts of ships. In this regard, fuel and C O 2 emission is considered as one of the important factors for such impacts. In particular, the sailing speed of the vessels affects the fuel consumption and therefore the emission directly. In this study, we consider a speed optimization problem in inland waterway, which is characterized by stochastic waiting times at the lock caused by uncertainty in lock processing time estimations of other vessels. The objective is to minimize fuel consumption of an approaching ship, such that it traverses the river segment in a set deadline. We introduce a mathematical model for this problem and evaluate the effectiveness and attractiveness of two solution approaches: an optimal solution and a simple heuristic. This creates intuitive guidelines for skippers based on information provision to select an appropriate speed decision approach to minimize the total expected fuel consumption and C O 2 emission of inland waterway transportation.
- Published
- 2022