A Simulation Model to Evaluate Decision Rules for Lock Operations on the Upper Mississippi River

We describe a discrete-event simulation model used to investigate the impact of alternative decision rules for operations in a congested section of the Upper Mississippi River navigation system. The model accommodates commercial vessels with different barge-tow configurations and recreational vessels. Activities vary by time of year, day of week and time of day. We reveal potential benefits of alternative priority dispatching rules and show their differential impact on vessels with different tow configurations

[1]  Alexander Verbraeck,et al.  Using Simulation to Design an Automated Underground System for Transporting Freight Around Schiphol Airport , 2002, Interfaces.

[2]  Paul Schonfeld,et al.  EFFECTS OF SPEED CONTROL ON TOW TRAVEL COSTS , 1999 .

[3]  Paul Schonfeld,et al.  Optimization Through Simulation of Waterway Transportation Investments , 1998 .

[4]  Paul Schonfeld,et al.  SIMULATION OF WATERWAY TRANSPORTATION RELIABILITY , 1991 .

[5]  Norman H. Jennings,et al.  Computer Simulation of Peak Hour Operations in a Bus Terminal , 1958 .

[6]  Michael S Bronzini,et al.  Waterway transportation simulation models: Development and application , 1973 .

[7]  Paul Schonfeld,et al.  Control Alternatives at a Waterway Lock , 2001 .

[8]  Ian Flood,et al.  Queuing network analysis for waterways with artificial neural networks , 1999, Artif. Intell. Eng. Des. Anal. Manuf..

[9]  Paul Schonfeld,et al.  EFFECTS OF TOW SEQUENCING ON CAPACITY AND DELAY AT A WATERWAY LOCK , 1996 .

[10]  Hani S. Mahmassani,et al.  Dynamic Network Traffic Assignment and Simulation Methodology for Advanced System Management Applications , 2001 .

[11]  M R Phillips,et al.  The validation of fast-time air traffic simulations in practice , 2000, J. Oper. Res. Soc..

[12]  Paul Schonfeld,et al.  INTEGRATED CONTROL FOR SERIES OF WATERWAY LOCKS , 1998 .

[13]  Paul Schonfeld,et al.  APPROXIMATE DELAYS CAUSED BY LOCK SERVICE INTERRUPTIONS , 1994 .

[14]  Michael S Bronzini,et al.  Analysis of Waterway Systems. , 1972 .

[15]  Paul Schonfeld,et al.  Metamodeling approach for approximating the operating characteristics of series of G/G/1 queues on congested waterways , 1994 .

[16]  Paul Schonfeld,et al.  Neural network estimation of waterway lock service times , 1995 .

[17]  Paul Schonfeld,et al.  COMPUTATIONAL CHARACTERISTICS OF A NUMERICAL MODEL FOR SERIES OF WATERWAY QUEUES , 1992 .

[18]  Paul Schonfeld,et al.  Efficiency versus Fairness in Priority Control: Waterway Lock Case , 2001 .

[19]  Matthew Doughty.  Upper Mississippi River and Illinois Waterways : How to Reduce Waiting Times of Vessels While Using the Current Infrastructure , 2003 .

[20]  Paul Schonfeld,et al.  APPROXIMATING DELAYS AT INTERDEPENDENT LOCKS , 1995 .