A Library Review Study: Conceptual Model for Maritime Inventory-Routing Problem

The main aim of this paper is to present a conceptual structure for the Maritime Inventory-Routing Problem. We have looked at the matter from the supply chain angel and summed up the key comprising elements and major hypotheses in the framework of a conceptual model. We have reviewed the related literature in detail in a classified manner, separated various issues, and eventually in accordance with the identified gaps, presented the grounds for the development of the model in the same particular framework. What we deal with in this article is in fact the zero level of the Maritime Inventory-Routing Problem while for focusing on higher levels it is possible to consider greater details by providing arithmetic models on more comprehensive navigation of naval goods in a more compact and sold manner. According to this review, most researches are deterministic at the tactical level, on the basis of discreet time and in the arc-flow framework, generally solved by exact or heuristic methods.