Loading...

A Mathematical Model for Pricing and Container Repositioning in a Competitive Transportation Network

Soleimani, Mahdi | 2019

449 Viewed
  1. Type of Document: M.Sc. Thesis
  2. Language: Farsi
  3. Document No: 51849 (01)
  4. University: Sharif University of Technology
  5. Department: Industrial Engineering
  6. Advisor(s): Najafi, Mehdi
  7. Abstract:
  8. The transportation is one of the important components in the economies of different countries. In the maritime transportation network, the demand is usually not balanced in different routes, and this imbalance results to accumulation of containers in a node. In order to sustain the problem, firms have to reposition empty equipment from a surplus location to a shortage location, which causes the problem of “Empty Repositioning Problem”. In this study, pricing strategies in one transportation market with two locations are considered; while there is ERP problem in issue. The problem is solved by Bertrand game method. The research is divided into two parts of the monopoly network and the duopoly network. In addition to the above, the quality of service and demand uncertainty are also considered. In each section, three modes have been investigated: there is a greater demand in the AB route, there is more demand in the BA route and there is a balance in two directions. In the problem analysis section, the relationship between the profit of the companies are considered with the potential imbalance of the network, the loaded equipment movement costs, the empty equipment repositioning costs, the competition intensity, and the fixed deviation of the parameters in all three modes. At the end of the research, it was found that the company's profits could increase with the increase in the empty equipment repositioning cost, fixed deviation of parameter and potential imbalance
  9. Keywords:
  10. Transportation Network ; Pricing ; Game Theory ; Uncertain Demand ; Container Repositioning

 Digital Object List

 Bookmark

No TOC