Capacity Allocation Policy of Third Party Warehousing with Dynamic Optimization

  • Chang Lin
Part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science book series (LNCS, volume 6382)

Abstract

Dynamic booking control is a hard problem in warehousing capacity allocation. With the similar method to solve stochastic knapsack problems, a dynamic and stochastic programming model is established in this paper. The dynamic booking control policies are put forward based on threshold value and the analysis of the characteristic of the model. Finally, optimization warehousing allocation policy is achieved by digital simulation. This shows that expecting revenue is concave function of surplus capacity, and also concave function of booking leading time, while the opportunity cost is a non-increase function of surplus capacity, and also a non- increase function of booking leading time. These policies provide scientific foundation for real-time decision-makers of 3PW companies.

Keywords

third party warehousing revenue management booking control dynamic and stochastic programming 

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Authors and Affiliations

  • Chang Lin
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  1. 1.School of Transportation EngineeringTongji UniversityShanghaiChina

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