PROTOTYPE EXPERT SYSTEM CONTAINERSHIP FOR STOWAGE PLANNING. TECHNICAL REPORT

This report presents details of the development of a prototype expert system for providing decision support to containership planning. The constraints and guidelines incorporated into the rule system included interference, physical support, weight, grouping, overstowage and backloading requirements. The technical approaches, solution strategies, processing algorithms, program control and interfaces, are implemented in the program and documented. Four test cases were performed. In all cases, the same container booking data and vessel geometry were used. The cases varied in the way they were solved by adopting different solution strategies. The performance of the program was evaluated on the basis of the number of overstow faults which appeared in the computer-generated stowage plans.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • User's Manual is provided in a separate volume. (MA-RD-88026)
• Corporate Authors:

  ARCTEC Offshore Corporation

  9104 Red Branch Road
  Columbia, MD  United States  21045

  Maritime Administration

  1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Tam, G W
  • Kotras, T V
  • Dillingham, J
• Publication Date: 1988-6

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 120 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Containers; Containerships; Expert systems; Microcomputers; Prototypes; Ship operations; Shipping; Stowage
• Old TRIS Terms: Container stowage
• Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Freight Transportation; Marine Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00672414
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: MA-RD-840-88025
• Contract Numbers: DTMA-91-86-C-60129
• Files: TRIS, USDOT
• Created Date: Jan 11 1995 12:00AM