Yan, Shangyao (National Central Univ.), Chen, Chia-Hung (National Central Univ.), Chen, Miawjane (National United Univ.)

Stochastic Models for Air Cargo Terminal Shift Setting and Manpower Supply Planning in Long-Term Operations

Scheduled for presentation during the Regular Session "Control Applications" (MoA11), Monday, July 24, 2006, 12:05−12:30, Room 104a

17th International Symposium on Mathematical Theory of Networks and Systems, July 24-28, 2006, Kyoto, Japan

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Abstract

In this research, we combine two workforce supply principles, two flexible man-agement strategies and the related operating constraints to develop four strategic models, in order to help an air cargo terminal manage more effectively its terminal workforce supply and set its shift schedule under stochastic demands in long-term operations. The models are formulated as integer/mixed integer linear programs that are solved using a mathematical programming solver. To evaluate the four models, we also develop the four deterministic-demand models, by suitably modi-fying the four stochastic-demand models, respectively, and a simulation-based evaluation method. Finally, we perform numerical tests using real operating data from a Taiwan air cargo terminal. The preliminary results show that the models could be useful for planning air cargo terminal workforce supply.