An optimization model for container inventory management

作     者：Poo, Mark Ching-Pong Yip, Tsz Leung 

作者机构：Liverpool John Moores Univ Liverpool Logist Offshore & Marine Res Inst Liverpool Merseyside England Hong Kong Polytech Univ Fac Business Dept Logist & Maritime Studies Hung Hom Hong Kong Peoples R China 

出 版 物：《ANNALS OF OPERATIONS RESEARCH》 (运筹学纪事)

年 卷 期：2019年第273卷第1-2期

页      面：433-453页

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学科分类：1201[管理学-管理科学与工程(可授管理学、工学学位)] 07[理学] 070104[理学-应用数学] 0701[理学-数学] 

基　　金：Research Grant of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University 

主　　题：Empty container repositioning Container inventory management Artificial bee colony algorithm 

摘      要：This paper formulates the empty container repositioning (ECR) problem, which is one of the most important issues in the container shipping industry, by running a model to generate the service route of feeder shipping in a dynamic environment. The objective is to reduce the disequilibrium of laden and empty containers. This paper first provides a literature review with the emphasis on the shipping scheduling and modelling of ECR. Second, a network model has been designed to find the optimum size of ship servicing a particular region. A simply ECR policy is tested to demonstrate an essential impact on the profit of a container transport system. With the aid of this heuristic shipping model, ECR is integrated with the tramp ship routing problem under dynamic condition.