Optimal operating strategy for a long-haul liner service route

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 105-114

  Meng, Qiang ^a   Wang, Shuaian ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Branch and bound; Liner shipping; Logistics; Sailing speed

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION ERRORS; BRANCH AND BOUNDS; CONTAINER SHIPS; FINITE NUMBER; FLEET DEPLOYMENT; LINEARIZATION TECHNIQUE; LINER SHIPPING; LONG HAUL; MIXED INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAM; MIXED-INTEGER; MIXED-INTEGER NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; NON-LINEAR MODEL; OPERATING STRATEGY; OPTIMAL ALGORITHM; OPTIMAL SOLUTIONS; OPTIMALITY; SAILING SPEED; SERVICE FREQUENCY; SOLUTION ALGORITHMS; SOLUTION METHODS;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; FLEET OPERATIONS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79960913287     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2011.05.057     Document Type: Article

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