An approximate algorithm for the two-dimensional air cargo revenue management problem

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 426-435

  Huang, Kuancheng ^a   Chang, Ko chen ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b China Airlines   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Air cargo; Dynamic programming; Heuristics; Revenue management

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; ALGORITHM; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; MANAGEMENT; MODELING; OPTIMIZATION; STOCHASTICITY;

EID: 74849095731     PISSN: 13665545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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