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Christopher G. Caplice.
Kim, Yoo Joon
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
2016-08-02T20:07:33Z
2016-08-02T20:07:33Z
2016
2016
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/103841
953869802
Thesis: S.M. in Transportation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, 2016.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 69-70).
Product tanker shipping companies in the spot market face severe volatility in demand and in price. We explore shipping companies' two problems: evaluating supply and demand of the market and assigning cargoes in order to maximize profitability. By approximating the market as a queueing system, we obtain utilization ratios, which effectively model supply and demand of the market. This approach directly evaluates the impact of ton-mile on utilization ratios, even a small growth of which may result in a significant supply shortage. Queueing approximation also allows formulation of dynamic ship assignment as a semi-Markov average cost problem, attaining stationary policies. When profit margins are low, a stationary policy frequently rejects cargoes. Despite rejections, it yields the highest profit per cargo, compared to other methods. Such optimal controls remain valid even when demand fluctuates.
by Yoo Joon Kim.
S.M. in Transportation
70 pages
eng
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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