Modeling an Air Cargo Shipment Planning Problem Including Risk Factors, Consolidations, Integrations, and Divisible Activities
The International Air Cargo Industry
ISBN: 978-1-83909-212-1, eISBN: 978-1-83909-211-4
Publication date: 26 September 2022
Abstract
In this chapter, an air cargo shipment planning problem is considered by including individual risk factors of any sub-contracted agents. Due to competitive market conditions, air cargo forwarders are advised to remain flexible in operations. A mixed integer linear programming formulation including the potential for divisible activities is developed to model the shipment planning problem. To solve this complicated problem, we employ an ant colony optimization (ACO) methodology. Numerical examples are generated using data from both the extant literature and from a global air cargo company, allowing investigation of the viability of the novel methodology. We find that the algorithm/methodology provides effective solutions for small problem sizes.
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Citation
Taner, M.E. (2022), "Modeling an Air Cargo Shipment Planning Problem Including Risk Factors, Consolidations, Integrations, and Divisible Activities", Nolan, J. and Peoples, J. (Ed.) The International Air Cargo Industry (Advances in Airline Economics, Vol. 9), Emerald Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. 9-33. https://doi.org/10.1108/S2212-160920220000009002
Publisher
:Emerald Publishing Limited
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