Application of queueing analysis for port planning and analytical solutions to queueing problems; assuming Poisson distribution for number of arrivals per time unit as being valid for locations with reasonably high number of arrivals per year, existing and/or predicted service time distribution is determined; approach is based on assumption of either long stretch of wharf with fairly high number of average size berths where waiting ship will always fit into first available berth, or smaller number of berths which will all accommodate any ship which calls; program was written in General Purpose Systems Simulator II language according to IBM Manual B20-6346-1. (30197)


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    Title :

    Systems analysis for port planning


    Additional title:

    Dock Harbour Auth


    Contributors:

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    Publication date :

    1969


    Size :

    5 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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