Virtual world and biometrics as strongholds for the development of innovative port interoperable simulators for supporting both training and R&D

Extended Reality, Intelligent Agents and Simulation to improve Efficiency, Safety and Security in Harbors and Port Plants

“…To address port safety, the authors propose innovative modeling & simulation solutions, capable of predicting outcome of different scenarios in various initial conditions. The idea is framed within an international project named ALACRES2 (Advanced Simulation Based Lab for Port Crisis and Emergency Management over Tyrrhenian Sea Area) carried out among different Universities and Institutions that foresees identification of scenarios of interest for port safety and their application to several ports of interest in order to create a virtual lab able to support definition of policies and guidelines as well as to turn into an efficient modern training equipment for managers, decision makers and operators (Bruzzone et al 2010;Massei et al 2011). ALACRES is lead by Genoa University and it involves currently Cagliari and Pisa University, Italian Coast Guard, Chamber of Commerce of Var and of Bastia Haute Corse, Cagliari Fire Fighting Department and Liguria Environmental Agency Indeed this consortium is sponsored by EU funds for regional development in order to develop a solution that could have a great impact in this sector.…”

New enabling technologies and solutions for car terminals procedures enhancement and operators training

“…Moreover, several examples involving operators' cooperative training on different types of container handling equipments using distributed simulation can be found in Bruzzone et al (2010Bruzzone et al ( , 2011.…”

Performance Analysis of a Southern Mediterranean Seaport via Discrete-Event Simulation

“…The authors have extensive experience in developing simulation models in the field of supply chains [34] as well as in seaports and container tenninals [14]. The authors have extensive experience in developing simulation models in the field of supply chains [34] as well as in seaports and container tenninals [14].…”

“…In effect, DES is able to capture and recreate the highly dynamic evolutionary processes that are fypical of complex real systems. With reference to securify issues in marine ports, namely inspection procedures within container terminals, it has been proved that simulation can be an effective tool for supporting decision, which can be easily integrated into the day-to-day container terminal operations [14] and [15]. Considering the port terminal capacify, [12] and [13] propose simulation models to investigate the capacity increment that can be achieved through new management strategies applied to the devices and equipment available, while avoiding additional capital costs.…”