Seasonal slot allocation planning for a container liner shipping service

Journal of Marine Science and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-92

  Lu, Hua An ^a   Chu, Ching Wu ^a   Che, Pei Yu ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b Intra Asia Export Consolidation Section   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Integer programming model; Short sea service; Slot allocation

Indexed keywords

ANALYSIS RESULTS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING MODELS; LINER SHIPPING; LONG TERM PLANNING; OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS; OPTIMUM ALLOCATION; PLANNING PROBLEM; QUANTITATIVE MODELS; ROUND TRIP; SEASONAL DEMANDS; SHIPPING COMPANIES; SLOT ALLOCATION; SPACE UTILIZATION;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; CONTAINERS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; PROFITABILITY; SHIPS;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 77749337519     PISSN: 10232796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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