Control of Rail-Road PI-Hub: The ORCA Hybrid Control Architecture

• Main Authors: Vo, Nhat-Vinh, Berger, Thierry, Bonte, Thérèse, Sallez, Yves
• Other Authors: Laboratoire d'Automatique, de Mécanique et d'Informatique industrielles et Humaines - UMR 8201 (LAMIH), Université de Valenciennes et du Hainaut-Cambrésis (UVHC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), INSA Institut National des Sciences Appliquées Hauts-de-France (INSA Hauts-De-France), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA), Borangiu, Trentesaux, Thomas, Cardin
• Format: Book Part
• Language: English
• Published: HAL CCSD 2018
• Subjects: Physical internet; Logistics; Cross-dock; Hybrid control architecture; [SPI.AUTO]Engineering Sciences [physics]/Automatic; Orca
• Online Access: https://uphf.hal.science/hal-03406001; https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-73751-5_22

International audience In the innovative field of Physical Internet, the development of efficient PI-cross-docking hubs (denoted PI-hub) allowing quick, efficient and flexible transfer of containers is a cornerstone. The paper addresses the control of such facilities and focuses more particularly on a “rail-road” PI-hub. After a review of the related control issues, an instance of the ORCA hybrid control architecture is proposed. The focus is held on the PI-containers routing in a perturbed environment. More specifically, predictive and reactive routing strategies are presented. The simulation environment, protocol and results are then detailed.