Uncertainty is an inevitable aspect of seaside operations in container terminals. Operators therefore need to find robust plans that can resist the impact of uncertainties. Instead of solving a stochastic berth allocation problem, this paper proposes an efficient procedure for inserting buffers into baseline berth plans to strengthen the schedule stability. Such a method is highly versatile and compatible with various solutions to berth allocation problem with different objectives. Numerical results obtained by using simulation on a representative set of instances of the problem are reported; these indicate that the proposed procedure not only increases the flexibility of operations with minor loss of resource utilization but also addresses the impact of service priority. Hence, the contribution in this paper will provide a short path that bridges the gap between berth allocation problem in deterministic and stochastic circumstances.

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在集装箱码头中插入缓冲区以生成稳健的泊位计划的有效过程

不确定性是集装箱码头海上作业的必然方面。因此，运营商需要找到可以抵御不确定性影响的稳健计划。代替解决随机泊位分配问题，本文提出了一种将缓冲区插入基线泊位计划中以增强调度稳定性的有效程序。这种方法具有高度的通用性，并且与针对具有不同目标的泊位分配问题的各种解决方案兼容。报告通过对问题的代表性实例进行仿真获得的数值结果；这些都表明，所提出的过程不仅增加了操作的灵活性，而且资源利用的损失很小，而且解决了服务优先级的影响。因此，