Authors: Agostino Bruzzone, Alberto Tremori, Enrico Bocca, Francesca Madeo, Federico Tarone, Giovanni Gazzale
The paper proposes a simulation model to support decision in marine logistics; the application field is related to petrochemical industry where different production sites need exchange intermediate products by marine lines; the MARLON model and the use of this simulation approach is described and new applications based on distributed use of these innovative decision support system are proposed and demonstrated; in fact an experimental analysis on a case study is proposed as example of the potential provided by MARLON in improving logistics marine solutions within this field;