A Stochastic Programming Model for Container Dispatching of on Sea

Abstract

The paper adopted chance-constrained programming to build the model of optimization of dispatching containers on sea. In the model, the objective function is to maximize the profit of dispatching container on every lines. And the constraints to the model include satisfying the need of containers, the limit to transport ability and the number of empty container supported. In the model, the requirement of empty containers is a random variable. We turn the chance-constrained model into ainteger programming. Then the linear model is solved by Lingo9.0.The aim of the paper is to provide a reasonable project of choosing shipping container route, so the profit of a shipping company can be maximized.