Mathematical programming models for lock scheduling with an emission objective

Ward Passchyn, Dirk Briskorn and Frits C.R. Spieksma

European Journal of Operational Research, 2016, vol. 248, issue 3, 802-814

Abstract: We investigate the scheduling of series of consecutive locks. This setting occurs naturally along canals and waterways. Our contribution is to (i) provide two distinct mathematical programming formulations and compare them empirically, (ii) investigate the trade-off between reducing flow time and reducing emissions, and (iii) compare the results of the integrated model to those of a heuristic scheduling the locks separately. Our findings confirm that integrated scheduling of consecutive locks can reduce flow time significantly, and reveal that both model formulations have their merits when compared to each other.

Keywords: Integer programming; Lock scheduling; Emission reduction (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2015.09.012

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