An optimization-based decision support tool for air cargo loading

• Published in: Computers & industrial engineering Vol. 175; p. 108816
• Main Authors: Desai, Jitamitra, Srivathsan, Sandeep, Lai, Woen Yon, Li, Liqun, Yu, Chuhang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 01.01.2023
• Subjects: 0–1 mixed-integer nonlinear programming; Air cargo loading; Convex and concave outer-envelopes; Decision support tool; Freighter aircraft; 0–1 mixed-integer nonlinear programming; Freighter aircraft; Convex and concave outer-envelopes; Decision support tool; Air cargo loading

In this research, we study the air cargo loading problem that aims to assign cargo containers to appropriate loading positions within a freight carrier aircraft. Here, as we deal with an aircraft that has been specially reconfigured into a freight aircraft from originally a passenger aircraft, this...