Title: Validating a port simulation model with application to the port of Alexandria, Egypt

Authors: Mohamed Abdel Salam Ragheb, Kamel Rekab, Lotfi Tadj

Addresses: College of Management and Technology, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport, 1029, Egypt. ' Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Missouri-Kansas City, 64110, USA. ' Department of Finance, Information Systems and Management Science, Sobey School of Business, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3H 3C3, Canada

Abstract: In this paper we first review the key literature on seaport simulation and simulation model validation techniques. Then we study the validation of a seaport simulation model, namely the port of Alexandria, Egypt. One of the most important techniques is to build a regression metamodel that represents the relationship between the model inputs and model outputs. We prove that the simulation model is valid. The output of this study is a decision-support model that will form the base of a decision-support system that can be used by management to improve the decision-making process.

Keywords: port simulation; modelling; model validation; ports; Alexandria; seaports; Egypt; regression metamodelling; decision support systems; DSS; decision making.

DOI: 10.1504/IJSPM.2010.036016

International Journal of Simulation and Process Modelling, 2010 Vol.6 No.2, pp.115 - 125

Received: 11 Nov 2009
Accepted: 15 Mar 2010
Published online: 12 Oct 2010 *

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