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On the Influence of Structural Complexity on Autonomously Controlled Automobile Terminal Processes

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Planning of automobile terminal operations is a complex task, which is highly affected by volatile demand fluctuations and unforeseen dynamic events. Autonomous control concepts already showed promising results regarding the terminals logistics performance. Especially, in highly dynamic and complex settings autonomous control copes better with undesired dynamics than conventional yard planning approaches. In this regard, this paper focuses on the influence of structural complexity on the performance of an autonomously controlled automobile terminal. It addresses the terminals size and the vehicle volume as parameters of structural complexity. By using a discrete event simulation model of a generic terminal scenario, this paper analyses the logistics performance of an autonomous control strategy. It shows that autonomous control performs best in situations with a high degree of structural and dynamic complexity.

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Acknowledgements

This research is part of the project “Isabella - Automobile logistics in sea- and inland ports: interactive and simulation-based operation planning, dynamic and context-based control of device- and load movements”, funded by the German Federal Minis-try of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI), reference number 19H17003A.

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  1. BLG Logistics Group AG & Co. KG, 28203, Bremen, Germany

    Michael Görges

  2. Faculty of Production Engineering, University of Bremen, Badgasteiner Str. 1, 28359, Bremen, Germany

    Michael Görges & Michael Freitag

  3. BIBA – Bremen Institute for Production and Logistics GmbH, Hochschulring 20, 28359, Bremen, Germany

    Michael Freitag

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  1. BIBA - Bremer Institut für Produktion und Logistik GmbH, Bremen, Germany

    Michael Freitag

  2. Maritime Business and Logistics, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    Hans-Dietrich Haasis

  3. Logistics Management, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    Herbert Kotzab

  4. Department of Production Engineering, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany

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Görges, M., Freitag, M. (2020). On the Influence of Structural Complexity on Autonomously Controlled Automobile Terminal Processes. In: Freitag, M., Haasis, HD., Kotzab, H., Pannek, J. (eds) Dynamics in Logistics. LDIC 2020. Lecture Notes in Logistics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-44783-0_4

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