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A Conceptual Model to Optimize Operating Cost of Passenger Ships in Macau

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  • Xin-long Xu
  • Lai Leng Iao
  • Yanting Yin
  • Silu Chen
  • Yujie Chen

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To facilitate more convenient travel as the economy of Macau expands, the government of Macau has allowed shipping companies to add passenger ships and shipping lines. This paper demonstrates how shipping companies can reduce costs by optimizing passenger ships and crew size. It analyzes operating conditions for each shipping depot, including transit time, ships, and volume of passengers. A series of integer programming models is proposed. After a practical demonstration using Excel to solve the LP model, we show that the reduction in the number of passenger ships and crew size could reach 22.6% and 29.4%, respectively.

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  • Xin-long Xu & Lai Leng Iao & Yanting Yin & Silu Chen & Yujie Chen, 2015. "A Conceptual Model to Optimize Operating Cost of Passenger Ships in Macau," Mathematical Problems in Engineering, Hindawi, vol. 2015, pages 1-7, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:hin:jnlmpe:475291
    DOI: 10.1155/2015/475291
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