Multi-AGV scheduling for conflict-free path planning in automated container terminals

Path planning and integrated scheduling are two important problems to be resolved in the design of any automated container terminal. There has been relatively little research, however, on automated guided vehicles (AGVs) conflict-free path planning with quay cranes (QCs) and rail-mounted gantry (RMG) cranes. This paper combines the two problems to realize the integrated scheduling of multi-AGV with conflict-free path planning. A mixed integer...