Drivers and Parkers Training in Car Terminals

The paper presents a simulation based training framework for drivers and parkers in car terminals along with some preliminary results achieved during the development phase. The proposed framework relies on a modular simulation architecture devoted to reproduce the main processes and activities taking place in a car terminal. To reproduce the car terminal operational processes with accuracy and provide the users with a cooperative training scenario, the simulation architecture includes three interoperable simulation modules; namely the Operator Simulator (the Marshalls), the Ship Simulator and a Vehicle Simulator. In particular, the paper focus is on the Vehicle Simulator, whose development and implementation is discussed in detail. As for the other modules, a general overview is provided.

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