Fagerholt, Kjetil; Johnsen, Trond A. V.; Lindstad, Haakon - In: Maritime Policy & Management 36 (2009) 5, pp. 397-409
The fleet deployment problem is an important planning problem in liner shipping. It deals with optimally assigning voyages to available vessels in the fleet and determining vessel routes and schedules in a way that minimizes costs or maximizes profit. This paper presents a new model for a fleet...