Research Article
Feb 1971
Queueing at Single-Berth Shipping Terminal
Publication: Journal of the Waterways, Harbors and Coastal Engineering Division
Volume 97, Issue 1
Abstract
Single-server queueing theory is used to derive average delay, distribution of queue lengths and distribution of delays at a port at which ships arrive randomly but can only be served one at a time. It is shown that this method gives quite different results to a commonly used method which assumes that the number of ships at a port at any time has a Poisson distribution. The statistical validity of past attempts to justify this latter method is questioned. Results of a simulation of a single-berth terminal are given to show wide variation in queue lengths and delays.
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Journal of the Waterways, Harbors and Coastal Engineering Division
Volume 97 • Issue 1 • February 1971
Pages: 43 - 56
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© 1971 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published in print: Feb 1971
Published online: Feb 12, 2021
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Alan J. Miller
Sen. Lecturer, Transport Section, Dept. of Civ. Engrg., Univ. of Melbourne, Australia
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