基于DQN算法的支线集装箱船航线规划与配载协同优化方法

李俊; 肖笛; 温想; 赵雅洁

doi:10.3963/j.jssn.1674-4861.2023.06.015

基于DQN算法的支线集装箱船航线规划与配载协同优化方法

doi: 10.3963/j.jssn.1674-4861.2023.06.015

李俊^{1, 2, ,},
肖笛¹,
温想¹,
赵雅洁¹

1.
武汉科技大学汽车与交通工程学院武汉 430081
2.
天津港（集团）有限公司天津 300461

基金项目:

湖北省自然科学基金项目 2023AFB071

详细信息

通讯作者:
李俊（1989—），博士，讲师.研究方向：港口作业调度与优化算法.E-mail：lj_whut1989@163.com

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- 收稿日期: 2023-09-10
- 网络出版日期: 2024-04-03

Coordinated Optimization Method for Feeder Container Ship Route Planning and Stowage Based on DQN Algorithm

LI Jun^{1, 2
, ,},
XIAO Di¹,
WEN Xiang¹,
ZHAO Yajie¹

1.
School of Automobile and Traffic Engineering, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan 430081, China
2.
Tianjin Port (Group) Co., Ltd., Tianjin 300461, China

摘要

摘要: 针对支线集装箱船运输中喂给港数和靠泊条件不一，以及集装箱船队船型多样的特点，考虑航线规划与配载环节在实际运输过程中的紧密联系，研究支线集装箱船航线规划与配载协同优化方法。采用两阶段分层方法研究航线规划与集装箱配载问题，设置多个港口、不同船型及其贝位和堆栈组合、不同尺寸集装箱的集合，并确定其间基本关系，实现两阶段优化过程的完整性和连续性。第一阶段以航线总运营成本最小为目标建立船舶航线规划模型，第二阶段从主贝计划角度出发进行配载优化，确认集装箱与堆栈的对应关系，以船舶混装堆栈数最小为目标建立船舶配载模型，保证船舶稳性在航线任意时段均满足要求，并减少堆栈混装数量，提高到港作业效率。为实现模型高效求解，基于深度强化学习的Deep Q-learning Network（DQN）算法架构，设计了航线规划与配载决策对应的马尔可夫过程，结合问题自身特征分别完成强化学习智能体状态空间、动作空间以及奖励函数设计，构建了两阶段分层求解的DQN算法。实验结果表明：随着船舶数量和船舶装载率的增加，模型精确求解的时间大幅增加，部分算例无法在600 s内完成求解，而DQN算法可实现快速求解；与模型及粒子群优化（Particle Swarm Optimization，PSO）算法相比，DQN算法可高效求解不同规模下的算例，大规模算例求解最大耗时31.40 s，平均耗时30 s以内，求解效率较好；进一步计算表明，不同喂给港数量下PSO算法在求解时间上的平均标准差为11.20，而DQN算法平均标准差仅为1.74，鲁棒性更好。总体来看，DQN算法在求解时间上随问题规模变化而产生的波动较小，具有更加稳定的求解性能，可实现高效寻优。
- 支线集装箱船运输 /
- 航线规划 /
- 集装箱配载 /
- 深度强化学习 /
- DQN算法
Abstract: Given the unique features of feeder container shipping, including varying feeder port numbers and inconsistent berthing conditions, as well as the divers' types of container fleets, this research investigates the coordinated optimization for route planning and stowage in feeder container shipping considering their close connection in the actual transportation process. A two-stage hierarchical method is employed to study the route planning and container stowage problems. Multiple ports, different ship types with their respective bays and stack combinations, and containers of various sizes are included in the study. The fundamental relationships among these elements are established to achieve integrity and continuity of the two-stage optimization process. The first stage involves establishing a ship route planning model with the objective of minimizing the total operational cost. The second stage focuses on optimizing the stowage from the perspective of primary bay planning. The correspondence between containers and stacks is determined, and a ship stowage model is developed with the objective of minimizing the number of mixed container stacks. The stowage model ensures that the ship's stability meets the requirements throughout the route, while reducing the number of mixed stacks to improve port operation efficiency. To efficiently solve the proposed models, a Markov process corresponding to route planning and stowage decision-making is designed based on the Deep Q-learning Network (DQN) algorithm from deep reinforcement learning. The intelligent agent's state space, action space, and reward function are designed based on the problem's characteristics to construct the two-stage hierarchical DQN algorithm. Experimental results demonstrate that as the number of ships and the ship loading rate increase, the time required for accurate model solution significantly rises. Some cases cannot be solved within 600 seconds, while the DQN algorithm achieves rapid solutions in all examples. Compared with traditional models and the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) algorithm, the DQN algorithm efficiently solves cases of different scales. The maximum solving time for large-scale cases is 31.40 s, with an average time of less than 30 s, indicating good solution efficiency. Further calculations indicate that under different feeder port numbers, the average standard deviation of solving time for the DQN algorithm is only 1.74, showing better robustness compared to the average standard deviation of 11.20 for the PSO algorithm. Overall, the DQN algorithm exhibits less fluctuation in solving time with changing problem scales, showcasing stable solving performance and efficient optimization capabilities.
- feeder container shipping /
- route planning /
- container stowage /
- deep reinforcement learning /
- DQN algorithm

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图 1 支线集装箱船运输

Figure 1. Branch line container ships transportation

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图 2 支线集装箱船航线规划与配载决策的两阶段方法

Figure 2. Two-step method for branch line container ships route planning and stowage

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图 3 深度Q网络

Figure 3. Deep Q-network

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图 4 DQN算法的神经网络训练流程

Figure 4. Training process of neural network in DQN

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图 5 损失计算

Figure 5. Calculation of loss

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图 6 航线规划决策过程

Figure 6. Route planning process

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图 7 配载阶段决策过程

Figure 7. Stowage planning process

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图 8 航线规划阶段各方法求解结果对比

Figure 8. Results comparison of each method for route planning

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图 9 配载阶段各方法求解结果对比

Figure 9. Results comparison of each method for stowage planning

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图 10 总求解时间对比

Figure 10. Time comparison for each method

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表 1 船舶主要参数

Table 1. Main parameters of the ship

编号	贝位	列	层	堆栈	单列载重/t	总容量/TEU
1	4	4	3	16	45	96
2	6	4	4	24	60	192
3	8	4	4	32	60	256
4	8	6	5	48	75	480

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表 2 不同港口数目

Table 2. Different number of ports

编号	港口数目	喂给港数
P₇	7	6
P₁₁	11	10
P₁₅	15	14

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表 3 不同装载率

Table 3. Differentloading ratio

编号	装载率/%
C₄₅	45
C₆₅	65
C₈₅	85

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表 4 港口数P₇求解结果

Table 4. Results for case P₇

算例	Gurobi			PSO			DQN
算例	f₁	f₂	T	f₁	f₂	T	f₁	f₂	T
$S_2 P_7 C_{45}$	222.91	19	0.43	222.91	21	4.63	222.91	21	5.82
$S_2 P_7 C_{65}$	222.91	25	0.54	222.91	26	6.10	222.91	25	5.78
$S_2 P_7 C_{85}$	268.73	18	0.50	282.54	20	6.96	268.73	18	5.51
$S_3 P_7 C_{45}$	268.73	18	0.56	268.73	18	7.26	268.73	18	5.30
$S_3 P_7 C_{65}$	268.73	18	0.59	268.73	18	5.14	268.73	18	5.38
$S_3 P_7 C_{85}$	328.36	26	0.67	328.36	26	13.64	328.36	27	5.62
$S_4 P_7 C_{45}$	222.91	52	0.79	268.73	57	14.99	222.91	55	6.28
$S_4 P_7 C_{65}$	282.54	76	0.64	282.54	77	28.64	282.54	76	7.06
$S_4 P_7 C_{85}$	341.14	87	0.94	341.14	89	26.70	341.14	87	8.21

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表 5 港口数P₁₁求解结果

Table 5. Results for case P₁₁

算例	Gurobi			PSO			DQN
算例	f₁	f₂	T	f₁	f₂	T	f₁	f₂	T
$S_2 P_{11} C_{45}$	309.48	22	1.82	355.25	25	8.87	344.04	22	21.7
$S_2 P_{11} C_{65}$	309.48	34	2.58	355.25	34	10.41	344.04	41	22.98
$S_2 P_{11} C_{85}$	355.25	40	3.77	383.6	42	7.21	378.63	40	23.02
$S_3 P_{11} C_{45}$	309.48	37	6.29	355.25	38	11.08	346.54	28	24.06
$S_3 P_{11} C_{65}$	355.25	52	5.94	355.25	52	14.98	387.68	49	25.65
$S_3 P_{11} C_{85}$	411.68	67	18.34	440.09	69	18.13	444.49	66	25.35
$S_4 P_{11} C_{45}$	309.48	54	11.74	355.25	59	17.32	344.04	61	26.84
$S_4 P_{11} C_{65}$	369.07	80	11.9	378.63	80	33.64	369.07	80	26.77
$S_4 P_{11} C_{85}$	425.51	105	21.32	443.25	100	34.93	446.79	100	28.31

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表 6 港口数P₁₅求解结果

Table 6. Results for case P₁₅

算例	Gurobi			PSO			DQN
算例	f₁	f₂	T	f₁	f₂	T	f₁	f₂	T
$S_2 P_{15} C_{45}$	349.98	27	116.83	389.98	28	14.42	368.45	27	24.55
$S_2 P_{15} C_{65}$	349.98	31	118.02	405.07	38	16.66	374.83	36	25.44
$S_2 P_{15} C_{85}$	389.98	42	201.76	444.97	48	13.75	435.57	46	25.69
$S_3 P_{15} C_{45}$	349.98	38	241.73	444.05	44	19.51	426.83	39	26.54
$S_3 P_{15} C_{65}$	-	-	600	421.88	55	23.76	418.35	54	28.96
$S_3 P_{15} C_{85}$	-	-	600	447.5	72	28.90	440.71	69	27.99
$S_2 P_{15} C_{45}$	-	-	600	449.01	65	26.51	430.67	59	29.54
$S_4 P_{15} C_{65}$	-	-	600	390.63	83	54.58	372.13	80	30.33
$S_4 P_{15} C_{85}$	-	-	600	457.88	109	55.59	424.43	104	31.40

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