Optimal cargo container loading plans under stochastic demands for air express carriers

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 555-575

  Yan, Shangyao ^a   Shih, Yu Lin ^a   Shiao, Fei Yen ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air express carriers; Cargo container loading plan; Nonlinear mixed integer programs; Optimization; Stochastic demand

Indexed keywords

CONTAINERS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

AIR EXPRESS CARRIER; CARGO CONTAINER LOADING PLAN; CARGO CONTAINERS; CONTAINER LOADING; MIXED-INTEGER PROGRAMS; NONLINEAR MIXED INTEGER PROGRAM; OPERATING CONSTRAINTS; OPTIMISATIONS; SOLUTION METHODS; STOCHASTIC-DEMAND;

LOADING;

CARGO CONTAINER; DEMAND ANALYSIS; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; LINEARITY; OPTIMIZATION; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; STOCHASTICITY; TRANSPORTATION PLANNING;

EID: 38649119502     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2007.01.006     Document Type: Article

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