V.S. Neverov

Alexander B. Kukushkin, Vladislav S. Neverov, Petr A. Sdvizhenskii et al.

The distributed computing analysis of the accuracy of automodel solutions for the Green's function of a wide class of superdiffusive transport of perturbation on a uniform background is carried out. The approximate automodel solutions have been suggested for the 1D transport equation with a model long-tailed step-length probability distribution function (PDF) with various power-law exponents. These PDFs describe the transport dominated by the Lévy flights. Massive computing experiments were done to verify automodel solutions. The Everest distributed computing platform and the cluster at NRC Kurchatov Institute were used. The results verify the high accuracy of automodel solutions in a wide range of space-time variables and suggest extending the developed method of automodel solutions to a wider class of stochastic phenomena.

Yunqi Huang, Nishith Chennakeshava, Alexis Carras et al.

Container stowage planning (CSPP) is a critical component of maritime transportation and terminal operations, directly affecting supply chain efficiency. Owing to its complexity, CSPP has traditionally relied on human expertise. While reinforcement learning (RL) has recently been applied to CSPP, systematic benchmark comparisons across different algorithms remain limited. To address this gap, we develop a Gym environment that captures the fundamental features of CSPP and extend it to include crane scheduling in both multi-agent and single-agent formulations. Within this framework, we evaluate five RL algorithms: DQN, QR-DQN, A2C, PPO, and TRPO under multiple scenarios of varying complexity. The results reveal distinct performance gaps with increasing complexity, underscoring the importance of algorithm choice and problem formulation for CSPP. Overall, this paper benchmarks multiple RL methods for CSPP while providing a reusable Gym environment with crane scheduling, thus offering a foundation for future research and practical deployment in maritime logistics.