Title :
Optimization of a barge transportation system for petroleum delivery
Author :
Anderson, Nicholas P. ; Evans, Gerald W. ; Biles, William E. ; Whyte, Todd C.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. Eng., Louisville Univ., KY, USA
Abstract :
We describe a simulation model of a liquid fuel supplier operating on the Ohio River. Each day, orders arrive for six different fuel types at six different locations. The goal of this study was to determine the appropriate number of tow boats required to meet the demand for fuels. The system was analyzed using Arena and OptQuest.
Keywords :
boats; demand forecasting; digital simulation; optimisation; petroleum industry; supply chain management; transportation; Arena; Ohio River; OptQuest; barge transportation system; liquid fuel supplier simulation model; optimization; petroleum delivery; tow boat; Boats; Fuels; Industrial engineering; Job shop scheduling; Logic; Petroleum; Product codes; Rivers; Statistics; Transportation;
Conference_Titel :
Simulation Conference, 2003. Proceedings of the 2003 Winter
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8131-9
DOI :
10.1109/WSC.2003.1261628
