Research Article

Automated Container Terminal Production Operation and Optimization via an AdaBoost-Based Digital Twin Framework

Table 4

Test results of conventional and DT-based operations for large-scale problems.

Performance evaluation indicatorConventional terminal operation methodDT-based terminal operation methodImprovement (%)

Number of AQC/AGV/AYC4/10/64/10/6
Number of tasks120120
AQC operation time (s)7266502830.80
AGV turnaround time (s)8973649227.64
AYC operation time (s)7768493436.48
AGV waiting time (s)47319558.77
AQC operational efficiency (%)22.1436.7114.57
AGV turnover rate (car/h)3.935.681.75
Number of failures3166.6
System time-consuming (s)428593−38.55
Total operation time (s)240071645431.46