PHD THESIS DEFENSE: “DESIGNING DYNAMIC AND SYNCHRONIZED INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLANS FOR CONTAINERS” BY SEL ÖZCAN TATARİ – Yaşar Üniversitesi – Endüstri Mühendisliği Bölümü

PHD THESIS DEFENSE: “DESIGNING DYNAMIC AND SYNCHRONIZED INTERMODAL TRANSPORTATION PLANS FOR CONTAINERS” BY SEL ÖZCAN TATARİ

PhD Thesis Defense: “Designing Dynamic and Synchronized Intermodal Transportation Plans for Containers” by Sel Özcan Tatari on December 3, 2018 Friday at 10.30 at T623

Abstract:

In this thesis, we present a mixed integer linear programming model for the operational level cargo allocation and vessel scheduling problem, where flow-dependent port-stay lengths, transit times and transshipment schedule synchronizations are considered. The pro​posed model aims to assign shipments to routes to minimize total tardiness, and construct vessel partial schedules for establishing coordination with port authorities to meet the berthing time windows. In addition to mathematical model, novel valid inequalities are proposed, and a benders decomposition algorithm is implemented. Algorithm performances are tested on real-life problem instances. The results show that benders decomposition with valid inequalities yields the best performance on the test instances. The thesis is further extended with the consideration of instant terminal port performances, and an integrated solution framework is proposed for this dynamic problem. The thesis study aims to contribute to both the practitioners and to the state-of-the-art literature.

Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Deniz Türsel Eliiyi