@InCollection{henesey09a,
  author =	 {Lawrence Henesey and Paul Davidsson and Jan
                  A. Persson},
  title =	 {Evaluation of Automated Guided Vehicle Systems for
                  Container Terminals Using Multi Agent Based
                  Simulation},
  booktitle =	 {Multi-Agent-Based Simulation {IX}: International
                  Workshop},
  year =	 2009,
  isbn =	 {978-3-642-01990-6},
  pages =	 {85--96},
  doi =		 {10.1007/978-3-642-01991-3_7},
  publisher =	 {Springer-Verlag},
  address =	 {Berlin, Heidelberg},
  abstract =	 {Due to globalization and the growth of international
                  trade, many container terminals are trying to
                  improve performance in order to keep up with
                  demand. One technology that has been proposed is the
                  use of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) in the
                  handling of containers within terminals. Recently, a
                  new generation of AGVs has been developed which
                  makes use of cassettes that can be detached from the
                  AGV. We have developed an agent-based simulator for
                  evaluating the cassette-based system and comparing
                  it to a more traditional AGV system. In addition, a
                  number of different configurations of container
                  terminal equipment, e.g., number of AGVs and
                  cassettes, have been studied in order to find the
                  most efficient configuration. The simulation results
                  suggest that there are configurations in which the
                  cassette-based system is more cost efficient than a
                  traditional AGV system, as well as confirming that
                  multi agent based simulation is a promising approach
                  to this type of applications.},
  url = 	 {http://jmvidal.cse.sc.edu/library/henesey09a.pdf},
  cluster = 	 {12888152738969013039},
}