Simultaneous Optimization of the Liner Shipping Route and Ship Schedule Designs with Time Windows
Joint Authors
Jiang, Xi
Mao, Haijun
Zhang, Hao
Source
Mathematical Problems in Engineering
Issue
Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-11, 11 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2020-12-22
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
11
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
This paper proposes to address the problem of the simultaneous optimization of the liner shipping route and ship schedule designs by incorporating port time windows.
A mathematical programming model was developed to minimize the carrier’s total operating cost by simultaneously optimizing the port call sequence, ship arrival time per port of call, and sailing speed per shipping leg under port time window constraints.
In view of its structure, the nonlinear nonconvex optimization model is further transformed into a mixed-integer linear programming model that can be efficiently solved by extant solvers to provide a global optimal solution.
The results of the numerical experiments performed using a real-world case study indicated that the proposed model performs significantly better than the models that handle the design problems separately.
The results also showed that different time windows will affect the optimal port call sequence.
Moreover, port time windows, bunker price, and port efficiency all affect the total operating cost of the designed shipping route.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Jiang, Xi& Mao, Haijun& Zhang, Hao. 2020. Simultaneous Optimization of the Liner Shipping Route and Ship Schedule Designs with Time Windows. Mathematical Problems in Engineering،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1194353
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Jiang, Xi…[et al.]. Simultaneous Optimization of the Liner Shipping Route and Ship Schedule Designs with Time Windows. Mathematical Problems in Engineering No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1194353
American Medical Association (AMA)
Jiang, Xi& Mao, Haijun& Zhang, Hao. Simultaneous Optimization of the Liner Shipping Route and Ship Schedule Designs with Time Windows. Mathematical Problems in Engineering. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1194353
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1194353