The International Workshop on

Harbour, Maritime & Multimodal Logistics Modelling and Simulation

The Latvian MISS Center, DMS Riga Technical University and the Latvian Simulation Society
&
MISS Genoa Center, DIP University of Genoa, Liophant Simulation Club

Riga TU, Latvia, September 18-20, 2003


DAY 1: Thursday, September, 18th, 2003

Registration (Kalku Street, 1): 1:00 pm - 7:00 pm

Tutorial (Main Hall): 2:30 pm - 5:30 pm

Design of Experiments: Making Simulation a Corporate Norm
Edward Williams

Welcome Party (Kalku Street 1, Room 201): 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm


DAY 2: Friday, September, 19th, 2003

Plenarium (Main Hall) 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Chairperson: Yuri Merkuryev
Speakers: Ivars Knets, Rector of the Riga technical University
Andris Gutmanis, President of Latvian Transport development and Education Association
Agostino Bruzzone, Workshop General Co-Chair
Plenary presentation: Complex Systems Design: A Simulation Approach
Jerzy W. Rozenblit 10:00 am - 10:30 am Coffee Break

MARITIME ENVIRONMENT I (Main Hall) 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Chairperson: Agostino G. Bruzzone
HMS2003_3
Virtual Reality Support for COPPE/UFRJ Ocean Basin
Gerson Cunha, Maria Celia Santos Lopes, Luiz Landau
HMS2003_4 Modelling the Influence of Human Resources and and investiments in North Adriatic Ports Area over Oligopoly Position of These Ports
Marija Bogataj, Ludvik Bogataj, Robert Vodopivec
HMS2003_5 Policies and Imfrastructures for Pollution Containment Management
Agostino Bruzzone, Marina Massei, Chiara Briano, Simone Viazzo
HMS2003_6 The TSP Statistics and Total Quality Management and Shipping
William Conley
HMS2003_7 Cyclicality on the Oil Tanker Shipping Industry
Albert W. Venstra, Marcel W. Ludema
HMS2003_8 Multi-Level Supply Chain Dependencies
Marcel W. Ludema

SPECIAL BALTPORTS - IT Session (room 219) 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Chairperson: Eberhard Blumel
HMS2003_41 Introduction to BALTPORTS - IT: Applications of Simulation and IT - Solutions in the Baltic Port Areas
Eberhard Blumel, Leonid Novitsky
HMS2003_42 Simulation of Logistics Process at the Baltic Container Terminal: Model Validation and Application
Yuri Merkuryev, Vladimir Bardachenko, Andrey Solomennikov, Fred Kamperman
HMS003_43 The Development of a Generic Simulation System for Ports
Rahila Yazdani, Felix A. Schmidt, George Wilkie
HMS2003_44 Simulation - Based Approach to the Analisys of Logistics Processes at Gdansk Container Terminal
Andrej Dzielinski, Krzysztof Amborski, Przemyslaw Kowalczuk, Jerzy Sukienik
HMS2003_45 Web - Based and Distributed Simulation for Maritime Applications
Marco Schumann, Bernd Gebert, Thomas Schulze
HMS003_46 A Thorny Problem or Common Sence: Evaluating the Efficiency of a Port
Felix a. Schmidt, Rahila Yazdani, Fred Kamperman

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch Restaurant Livonija


MARITIME ENVIRONMENT II (Main Hall) 2:00 pm - 3:40 pm

Chairperson: Edward Williams
 
HMS2003_9 Extending an Object - Oriented Discrete Event Simulation Framework in Java for Harbor Logistics
Bernd Page, Eugenia Neufield
HMS2003_10 Using Simulation for Chemical Bulk Loading/Unloading Operation
Roberto Revetria
HMS003_11 HLA Simulation for Operating and Analysis and Component Design of Naval Platforms
Agostino Bruzzone, Roberto Revetria, Simone Simeoni, Attilio Rocca, Matteo Brandolini
HMS2003_12 A Less - Flexibility: First Heuristic for the Placement of Iland Vessels in a Lock
Gerrit K. Janssens, Carlo Theunissen
HMS2003_13 Web - Econimical Analysis of a Container Terminal Simulation
Albert W. Venstra, Niels Lang, Bastiaan van de Rakt

SIMULATION MODELLING METHODOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT I (room ***) 2:00 pm - 3:40 pm

Chairperson: Jerzy W. Rozenblit
 
HMS2003_25 Systematics of Nested Simulation
Eugene Kindler, Ivan Krivy, Alain Tanguy
HMS2003_26 Fuzzy Reverse Approach to Simulation Metamodelling
Galina Merkuryeva
HMS003_27 Object - Oriented Reflective Simulation of Transitic Systems
Pascal Berruet, Thierry Coudert, Eugene Kindler
HMS2003_28 Simulation - Structural Models: Insight into Common and Distinctive Qualities
Zigurds Markovitch, Ieva Markovitcha
HMS2003_29 Mathematical Interpretation of Associative Modelling Problems
Andrejs Matvejevs, Girts Vulfs

SPECIAL BALTPORTS - IT Session (room 219) 2:00 pm - 3:20 pm

Chairperson: Eberhard Blumel
 
HMS2003_47 The Use of Simulation Models in Maritime Information Systems
Henrikas Pranevicius, Vytautas Pilkauskas
HMS2003_48 Modelling of Maritime Insurance Business Process
L. Novitsky, M. Uhanova, E. Viktorova, V. Rogozin
HMS003_49 Using of LISTechnology for Business Process Analysis at the Transhipment Company JSC Ventamonjaks
Egils Ginters, Laimonis Strujevichs
HMS2003_50 Qualitative Analysis of Port Organisational Structure Characteristics
Janis Grundspenkis, Larisa Isajeva

3:40 pm - 4:20 pm Coffee Break

TRANSPORT LOGISTICS (Main Hall) 4:20 pm - 6:00 pm

Chairperson: Antony Guasch
 
HMS2003_14 Hybrid Real - Time Simulation of an AGV Fleet
T. Guasch, M. A. Piera, J. Montero, J. Casanovas
HMS2003_15 MKBF, MKTR: New Index for the Maintenance Management in Transport
Domenico Falcone, Alessandro Silvestri, Vincenzo Duraccio
HMS003_16 Airline Seat Inventory Control
Edgars K. Vasermanis, Nicholas A. Nechval, Kostantin N. Nechval
HMS2003_16b Improving Logistical Procedure within a Hospital Inpatient Pharmacy
Edward J. Williams, Vanessa Harp
HMS2003_18 The Algorithms of Negotiation for Software Agents for the Open Conveyer Schedule in Logistics Tasks
Anatoly Levchenkov, Mikhail Gorobetz

SIMULATION MODELLING METHODOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENT II (room 219) 4:20 pm - 5:40 pm

Chairperson: Roberto Revetria
 
HMS2003_30 Towards Logistics Systems Parameter Optimisation through the Use of Response Surfaces
Katrrien Ramaekers, Gerrit K. Janssens, Hendrik van Landeghem
HMS2003_31 Shortest - Length Prediction Intervals for Future Outcomes
Nicholas A. Nechval, Kostantin N. Nechval, Edgars K. Vasermanis
HMS003_32 Effective Access to Historical Data in Temporal Database
Eugene Kopytov, Vitalijs Demidovs
HMS2003_33 A Virtual 3D Environment for Logistics Model
Arnis Lektauers

6:30 pm - 10:30 pm Jurmala Tour


DAY 2: Saturday, September, 20th, 2003

Plenarium (Main Hall) 9:00 am - 10:00 am Chairperson: Yuri Merkuryev
Plenary presentation: Actual and Future Options of Simulation and Optimisation in Manufactoring, Organisation and Logistics
Thomas Wiedemann, Wilfried Krug 10:00 am - 10:30 am Coffee Break

PRODUCTION AND LOGISTICS I (room 219) 10:30 am - 12:20 pm

Chairperson: Marija Bogataj
 
HMS2003_19 Application of Modelling and Simulation in Analysis and Design of Manufactoring Systems
Edward Ghlebus, Arkagiusz Kowalski
HMS2003_20 Development of Computer Simulation Systems for Production Process in Metallurgy
Stanislav A. Vlasov
HMS003_21 Wood Production Industry: Integrated Systems Approach and Applications
Edgars Palacis
HMS2003_22 Simulation Based Scheduling for Batch Anodising Processes
Galina Merkuryeva, Nigel Shires, Richard Morrison, Mark de Reuver
HMS2003_23 Simulation and Knowledge Based Scheduling of Manufacturing Operations
Janis Grabis, Girts Vulfs
HMS2003_24 Simulation of a Mechanism for the Active Dimension Control and Workpiece Support Device in Manufacturing
Andrejus Henrikas Marcinkevicius

TRAINING AND EDUCATION I (Main Hall) 10:30 am - 12:10 pm

Chairperson: Gaby Neumann
 
HMS2003_34 LOGIS: Network for Knowledge Dissemination in Logistics Information Systems
Egils Ginters, Liene Kreicere
HMS2003_A1 State Educational Standards of Logistics Specialization and Development of the System of Higher Education in Logistics in Russia
Valentina V. Dybskaja
HMS003_35 Research and Education in Freight Transport Logistics in Latvia
Andris Gutmanis, Igor Kabashkin, Yuri Merkuryev
HMS2003_36 Training and Education of Seafarers
Juris Cimanskis, Valdis Priednieks, Aleksandrs-Modris Pavlovskis, Andris Unbedahs, Janis Kokars
HMS2003_A2 Specifics of Case Study Usage in Programmes of Additional Education
Alla Sterligova

SPECIAL BALTPORTS - IT Session (room 119) 10:30 am - 12:30 pm

Chairperson: Eberhard Blumel
10:30 am - 12:30 pm BALTPORTS - IT Project Meeting

12:30 pm - 2:00 pm Lunch Restaurant Livonija


TRAINING AND EDUCATION II (Main Hall) 2:00 pm - 3:40 pm

Chairperson: Gaby Neumann
 
HMS2003_37 LOGIS: Development of Distance Learning Activities at the Polish Centre of Competence for Logistics
Piotr Cyplik, Stanislaw Krzyzaniak, Krzystof Szymanski
HMS2003_38 Simulation in a Problrm-Based e-Learning Environment for Logistic
Gaby Neumann
HMS003_39 Support of Container Treminal Design Using Simulation Models Jointly
Edwin C. Valentin, Krzystof Amborski
HMS2003_40 SITA2000 - Research Systems of Models with Discrete Events for Educational and Practical Purposes
Janis Sedols, Madars Rikards

Discussion: Future of Education in Logistics

SPECIAL BALTECH SESSION (room 219) 2:00 pm - 3:40 pm

Chairperson: Leonids Ribiskis
 
HMS2003_51 The use of Software Agents in Power Energy Logistics
Nadezhda Kunicina, Anatoly Levchenkov, Leonids Ribickis
HMS2003_52 Simulation - Based Design of Supply Chains with SIMFLEX
Yuri Merkuryev, Oksana Burska, John Sedej
HMS003_53 Transformation of Aggregate Specification to the Predicate Logic Models
Henrikas Pranevicius, Regina Miseviciene, Vilius Misevicius
HMS2003_54 Optimal Decomposition of Large - Scale Systems
Tiit Riisma, Otu Vaarmann
HMS2003_55 Intelligent Geoinformation Systems for Modelling and Simulation
Ruslan P. Sorokin, Sergey S. Shaida, ALexander V. Smirnov

15:50 am - 16:20 am Coffee Break

Sum Up Plenarium (Main Hall) 4:20 pm - 5:20 pm

Chairperson: Agostino G. Bruzzone
Speakers: Jerzy W. ROzenblit, Wilfried Krug, Edward Williams, Eberhard Blumel, Yuri Merkuryev, Gerson Cunha

Old Riga Guided Tour: 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm


Gala Dinner "Black Heads House" 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm


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