EFFICIENT HEURISTIC SOLUTIONS TO AN AIRLINE CREW SCHEDULING PROBLEM

被引:33
作者
BAKER, EK
BODIN, LD
FINNEGAN, WF
PONDER, RJ
机构
[1] UNIV MARYLAND,COLL BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT,COLLEGE PK,MD 20742
[2] FED EXPRESS CORP,MEMPHIS,TN
来源
AIIE TRANSACTIONS | 1979年 / 11卷 / 02期
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10.1080/05695557908974446
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T [工业技术];
学科分类号
08 ;
摘要
This paper presents an application of efficient, heuristic solution procedures to the airline crew scheduling problem of the Federal Express Corporation. It is demonstrated that near-optimal solutions to this class of very large airline crew scheduling problems may be obtained by using heuristic procedures similar to those used in vehicle routing and scheduling. As a result of this research, the procedures developed here have been implemented and are in use, on a monthly basis, at the Federal Express Corporation. © 1979 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
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页码:79 / 85
页数:7
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