WEIGHTED MATCHING WITH VERTEX WEIGHTS - AN APPLICATION TO SCHEDULING TRAINING SESSIONS IN NASA SPACE-SHUTTLE COCKPIT SIMULATORS

被引:10
作者
BELL, CE
机构
[1] Department of Management Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City
关键词
SCHEDULING; GRAPHS; SPACE; HEURISTICS; MATCHING;
D O I
10.1016/0377-2217(94)90237-2
中图分类号
C93 [管理学];
学科分类号
12 ; 1201 ; 1202 ; 120202 ;
摘要
Necessary and sufficient conditions are provided for optimality of a matching in a weighted matching problem for which the weight of edge (i, j) is the sum of non-negative values, w(i) and w(j). The impact of adding one or more dummy vertices i with w(i) = 0 is investigated. Results are exploited in the design of a heuristic approach for weekly scheduling of NASA space shuttle training sessions in each of two cockpit simulators.
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页码:443 / 449
页数:7
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