ANALYSIS OF COMPUTER TOOLS FREE AND OPEN SOURCE FOR OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS CONTAINER STACKING
Keywords:
Container stacking problem, free optimization solvers, storage space allocation problemAbstract
In this study we analyze the performance of three free and open source optimization solvers: lpSolve, GLPK and Cbc. We use 4 datasets with instances corresponding to 4 configurations of a container yard located in Villa Clara, Cuba. It is analyzed if the Storage Space Allocation Problem for import containers in can be solved, in a acceptable computational time for the operations of a real container
yard, using an exact optimization method. We base our evaluation on three metrics achieving an optimal solution on import containers: Computational time, number of iterations, and number of nodes. Moreover, we present a feasibility study on the impact of the exact method in the operations of container yard in Villa Clara


