Title :
Analysis of capacity allocation for sea cargo based on revenue management
Author :
Zou, Hui ; Ding, Jingzhi
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Econ. & Manage., Beijing Jiaotong Univ., Beijing
Abstract :
Based on revenue management, the capacity allocation problem of sea cargo industry is studied in this paper. Firstly, the feasibility of revenue management in sea cargo is discussed. Then, the problem concerned is described, the different revenue of contractual containers and ad hoc containers is considered, and the cost of empty containers transportation is taken into account. Finally, a model of capacity allocation is given to solve the problem.
Keywords :
containerisation; freight handling; goods distribution; investment; ships; ad hoc containers; capacity allocation problem; contractual containers; investment; revenue management; sea cargo industry; ships; transportation; Containers; Costs; Decision support systems; Industrial economics; Job shop scheduling; Operations research; Pricing; Radio spectrum management; Road transportation; Telecommunication traffic; Capacity Allocation; Revenue Management; Sea Cargo; empty containers transportation;
Conference_Titel :
Service Operations and Logistics, and Informatics, 2008. IEEE/SOLI 2008. IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2012-4
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-2013-1
DOI :
10.1109/SOLI.2008.4686620
