Abstract

The traditional maritime logistics industry is facing an industry transformation created by technology development. Along with industry transformation, the maritime logistics research field is also facing new challenges and opportunities. It is found that using simulation or optimization alone to solve maritime logistics decision problems has some drawbacks. Instead, a trend of integrating the two methods is becoming more and more popular in recent literature. However, an in-depth and systematic literature review is absent. Thus, this article reviews 107 papers on the integration of simulation and optimization for the maritime logistics studies published in the last two decades. Five modes of integration are identified based on how the two methods interact. For each mode, a detailed literature review on different maritime logistics processes is presented, covering terminal operation, shipping line operation, and hinterland transport operation. Lastly, how the integration of simulation and optimization could contribute to the next generation maritime systems is discussed with future research directions given.

摘要

传统的海运物流行业正面临着技术发展带来的产业转型。随着行业转型，海运物流研究领域也面临着新的挑战和机遇。结果发现，单独使用模拟或优化来解决海运物流决策问题存在一些缺陷。相反，将这两种方法结合起来的趋势在最近的文献中变得越来越流行。然而，缺乏深入和系统的文献综述。因此，本文回顾了过去 20 年发表的 107 篇关于海运物流研究的模拟和优化集成的论文。根据两种方法如何相互作用确定了五种集成模式。对于每种模式，介绍了不同海运物流过程的详细文献综述，涵盖码头运营、航线运营和腹地运输运营。最后，讨论了模拟和优化的集成如何为下一代海事系统做出贡献，并给出了未来的研究方向。