Title :
Capability evaluation of air cargo export handling system using Stochastic Petri Net
Author :
Yang, Bai ; Wei-Hong, Li
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Civil Aviation, Nanjing Univ. of Aeronaut. & Astronaut., Nanjing, China
Abstract :
Air cargo export handling influences the cargo transportation speed. The Stochastic Petri Net (SPN) and homogeneous Markov chain (MC) were used in modeling the air cargo export handling system for performance analysis. The system capability was evaluated including steady probability, operation efficiency and system delay time. Taking a Chinese international air cargo terminal as research object, the capability of the system was analyzed. According to the calculation, system bottlenecks are forklifts usage, bulk cargo acceptance, security inspection, decompose and combination. Some advices were given to improve the handling system capability. If the bottlenecks are optimized, the system efficiency could increase 40%.
Keywords :
Markov processes; Petri nets; freight handling; Chinese international air cargo terminal; air cargo export handling system; bulk cargo acceptance; cargo transportation; forklifts usage; homogeneous Markov chain; performance analysis; security inspection; stochastic Petri net; Acceleration; Air transportation; Airports; Freight handling; Logistics; Performance analysis; Resource management; Road transportation; Stochastic processes; Stochastic systems; Air Cargo; Capability Evaluation; Homogeneous Markov Chain; Logistics; Stochastic Petri Net;
Conference_Titel :
Logistics Systems and Intelligent Management, 2010 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Harbin
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-7331-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICLSIM.2010.5461238
