A procedure for planning and resources’ management in intermodal terminals is presented. It integrates Timed Petri Nets (TPNs) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and consists of three steps: the terminal modeling via TPNs to model the regular behavior; the evaluation of whether the current configuration may cope with increased freight flows; if not, the analysis by cross-efficiency DEA of alternative planning solutions. The procedure provides the decision maker with number, capacity, and schedule of resources to tackle the flows increase. The method is evaluated by a real case study, showing that integrating TPNs and DEA allows taking planning decisions under conflicting requirements.
Intermodal terminal planning by Petri Nets and Data Envelopment Analysis / Cavone, Graziana; Dotoli, Mariagrazia; Epicoco, Nicola; Seatzu, Carla. - In: CONTROL ENGINEERING PRACTICE. - ISSN 0967-0661. - 69:(2017), pp. 9-22. [10.1016/j.conengprac.2017.08.007]
Intermodal terminal planning by Petri Nets and Data Envelopment Analysis
Cavone, Graziana;Dotoli, Mariagrazia;Epicoco, Nicola;
2017-01-01
Abstract
A procedure for planning and resources’ management in intermodal terminals is presented. It integrates Timed Petri Nets (TPNs) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) and consists of three steps: the terminal modeling via TPNs to model the regular behavior; the evaluation of whether the current configuration may cope with increased freight flows; if not, the analysis by cross-efficiency DEA of alternative planning solutions. The procedure provides the decision maker with number, capacity, and schedule of resources to tackle the flows increase. The method is evaluated by a real case study, showing that integrating TPNs and DEA allows taking planning decisions under conflicting requirements.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
