Visualization Algorithm for Cargo Stowage Optimization of Vehicle Carriers

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a visualization technique to develop an algorithm for optimizing the cargo arrangement of a vehicle carrier. The vehicle carrier has a complex structure in which the cargo hold space is different because the position of the lamp and other facilities is different for each deck. A visualization method was proposed through CMD-based numerical calculation to output the drawing results of an optimized layout plan for a complex structure. To express the coordinates of the facilities in the deck in dot format, an array was created by assigning numbers. After determining the loadable space, the visualization was completed by defining symbols to distinguish each component.