Cyclic solutions to a maritime inventory routing problem

作     者：Zojaji, Amir Soltaniani, Kiarash Hvattum, Lars Magnus Urrutia, Sebastian 

作者机构：Molde Univ Coll Fac Logist Molde Norway 

出 版 物：《MARITIME TRANSPORT RESEARCH》 (Marit. Transp. Res.)

年 卷 期：2022年第3卷

主　　题：Mixed integer programming Transport End-of-horizon effect Short-sea shipping 

摘      要：An inventory routing problem occurs when a company manages inventories both at production sites and consumption sites while also being in charge of the transportation of goods. We consider a maritime inventory routing problem where inventories are located at ports and a single product is transported between these ports using a heterogeneous fleet of vessels. As opposed to standard research on such maritime inventory routing problems, a model is developed that produces cyclic plans that are repeatable. Such plans are more costly than plans found using standard non-cyclic models, but the latter suffer from end-of-horizon effects due to being over-optimistic and making myopic decisions in accordance with an objective of minimizing costs.