Blümel, E.; Ginters, E.; Kindler, E.; Lorenz, P.; Merkuryev, Y.; Novitsky, J.; Pronins, J.; Ritter, K.-C.; Seibt, F.; Schriber, T. J.; Slagter, D.; Tolujew, J.; Viktorova, E. Managing and controlling growing harbour terminals. (English) Zbl 0876.94001 Ghent: Society for Computer Simulation European Publishing House. xiii, 308 p. (1997). This book gives the results of the project ”Application of Modern Concepts in the Automated Information Management in Harbours by using Advanced IT-solutions” funded by the COPERNICUS 1994 Programme of the European Commission. It offers methods, tools and experience in the areas of modeling, computer simulation and animation of logistic processes in harbour terminals. The contents of the book is divided into the following five chapters: (1) Introduction; (2) Data processing system design; (3) Harbour process modelling and visualisation; (4) Classes for object-oriented simulation of container terminals; (5) Conclusions. Chapter 2 gives an overview of relevant methods of data processing system design and introduces an optimised methodology of the design. Finally, this methodology is applied to Riga Harbour with static and dynamic models describing the optimised structure of its informative flows are given. Chapter 3 includes the special models and results for Riga Harbour Container Terminal based on existing data flows and structures proposed in Chapter 2. In Chapter 4 the principles of object-oriented knowledge representation are explained. The abstract concepts introduced for the description of logistic processes are step-by-step specialized for the simulation of container terminals. Two demonstration models, written in Simula language, are discussed in more detail: the first one for the simulation of container transport between ship and terminal yard, the other for the simulation of transport system of Riga container terminal. Chapter 5 is a short summary of the preceding chapters. This book is intended first for applied mathematicians who are interested in an effective design of logistic processes in harbour terminals. It should give the reader an impression of the power of the methods and approaches offered and show him how to solve the problems of growing harbours in general. Reviewer: I.Křivý (Ostrava) MSC: 94-02 Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to information and communication theory 94A05 Communication theory 94C30 Applications of design theory to circuits and networks 68P20 Information storage and retrieval of data 68T30 Knowledge representation 68U20 Simulation (MSC2010) Keywords:information technology; harbour terminal; data processing system; object-oriented simulation; logistic processes PDFBibTeX XMLCite \textit{E. Blümel} et al., Managing and controlling growing harbour terminals. Ghent: Society for Computer Simulation European Publishing House (1997; Zbl 0876.94001)