Multi-agent optimization of the intermodal terminal main parameters by using AnyLogic simulation platform: Case study on the Ningbo-Zhoushan Port

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Highlights：

• We conceptualize a new method to study the uncertainty in the intermodal terminals.

• We theorize a methodology to develop the seaport – dry port system.

• We develop a set of the hybrid agent-based simulation models.

• We validate the developed set by a case study on the Ningbo-Zhoushan port.

• We show that the obtained findings improve the strategic planning of the dry ports.

摘要

•We conceptualize a new method to study the uncertainty in the intermodal terminals.•We theorize a methodology to develop the seaport – dry port system.•We develop a set of the hybrid agent-based simulation models.•We validate the developed set by a case study on the Ningbo-Zhoushan port.•We show that the obtained findings improve the strategic planning of the dry ports.

论文关键词：Seaport,Dry port,Multi-agent modeling,Agent-based modeling,System dynamics modeling,Discrete-event modeling,Cost efficiency,Optimization experiment,AnyLogic

论文评审过程：Received 30 December 2019, Revised 20 April 2020, Accepted 20 April 2020, Available online 27 May 2020, Version of Record 5 February 2021.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2020.102133