Research Article

Integer Linear Programming Models for the Containership Stowage Problem

Table 2

Scenarios’ introduction of the four models.

Given informationParametersModel I (scenario I)Improved model I (scenario I)Model II (scenario II)Model III (scenario III)Model IV (scenario IV)

Containership informationEmpty containership initiallyYYYNN
Hatch coversNNYYY
Container sizes20 ft containerYYYYY
40 ft containerNNNNY
Container typesGeneral containerYYYYY
Refrigerated containerNNNNY