Monte Carlo Tree Search algorithm for the receiving containers intelligently problem among container shipping terminals

Abstract

With the development of economic globalization, shipping exchanges between countries are rapidly increasing and the container throughput of shipping ports has increased quickly, and the operation of most seaport terminals in China has reached a bottleneck which puts forward new requirements for the efficiency of container shipping terminal operations. Therefore, locating for export containers intelligently is of great significance for the development of terminals. This paper focuses on receiving containers intelligently, and establishes the export container locating model based on the principle of actual shipping terminal operations. The Monte Carlo Tree Search algorithm for export container locating problem was proposed and constructed. After examples, the algorithm can effectively solve the problem that meet the constraints, which further proves the practicability of the algorithm and the correctness of the model. The research shows that the method of locating for export container based on Monte Carlo Tree Search algorithm can effectively solve the problem and maintain the green, energy-saving and sustainable development of the shipping terminal. The ideas and methods have certain academic value and reference significance for other NP-Hard problems.