A Model Predictive Approach for Baggage Handling Systems

Reference

Y. Zeinaly, B. De Schutter, and H. Hellendoorn, "A Model Predictive Approach for Baggage Handling Systems," Proceedings of the 16th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2013), The Hague, The Netherlands, pp. 687-693, Oct. 2013.

Abstract

This paper proposes a new strategy for control of baggage handling systems. Three main control issues in baggage handling systems, namely, routing and scheduling problem, empty-cart management, and line balancing, are identified and a combined control approach based on model predictive control is proposed to tackle these issues in an optimal way. It is shown that the control approach can be formulated as a linear programming problem that can be solved efficiently, and hence can be extended to large-scale baggage handling systems. The applicability and performance of the proposed approach is illustrated by a case study.

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Bibtex entry

@inproceedings{ZeiDeS:13-031,
author={Y. Zeinaly and B. {D}e Schutter and H. Hellendoorn},
title={A Model Predictive Approach for Baggage Handling Systems},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 16th International IEEE Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2013)},
address={The Hague, The Netherlands},
pages={687--693},
month=oct,
year={2013}
}


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