Evaluation of Airline Luggage Loading Characteristics and Sequencing Optimization Based on TrF-FUCOM-MARCOS

XING Zhiwei; WANG Yechen; LUO Qian; QIN Kun; ZHANG Tao

doi:10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2025.13.020

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Packaging Engineering ›› 2025, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (13) : 176-185. DOI: 10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2025.13.020

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Evaluation of Airline Luggage Loading Characteristics and Sequencing Optimization Based on TrF-FUCOM-MARCOS

XING Zhiwei¹, WANG Yechen¹, LUO Qian^2,*, QIN Kun¹, ZHANG Tao²

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To address the strong heterogeneity and time-series variations in the process of airline luggage loading, the work aims to propose an optimized method for determining the loading sequence to improve the efficiency of automated luggage handling and space utilization. An evaluation system was constructed based on five indicators including size, weight, shape, hardness and flatness. Trapezoidal fuzzy numbers and the fully consistent method were introduced to reduce subjective bias in decision-making. Additionally, the compromise ideal solution sorting method was employed to generate the optimal loading sequence for luggage. The optimized luggage loading sequence achieved a space utilization rate of 98.37% in simulation tests, which was 7.26% higher than that of the unoptimized sequence, and 3.15% and 2.10% higher than that of other sequencing methods, respectively. The proposed method can accurately assess the loading characteristics of luggage, reduce the influence of subjective factors on sequencing results, and significantly improve both loading density and compressive stability. It provides an effective optimization strategy and theoretical basis for automated air luggage handling.

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airline transport / multi-criteria decision-making / luggage loading / characteristics evaluation / fuzzy full consistency method

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XING Zhiwei, WANG Yechen, LUO Qian, QIN Kun, ZHANG Tao. Evaluation of Airline Luggage Loading Characteristics and Sequencing Optimization Based on TrF-FUCOM-MARCOS[J]. Packaging Engineering. 2025, 46(13): 176-185 https://doi.org/10.19554/j.cnki.1001-3563.2025.13.020

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