Crew pairing at Air France

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 97, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 245-259

  Desaulniers, G ^a,b   Desrosiers, J ^a,c   Dumas, Y ^d   Marc, S ^f   Rioux, B ^a   Solomon, M M ^a,e   Soumis, F ^a,b  

^a GERAD   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^d INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH IN IMMUNOLOGY AND CANCER   (Canada)

^e NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Crew pairing; Dantzig Wolfe decomposition; Integer nonlinear programming; Multi commodity flow model; Set partitioning

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIR TRANSPORTATION; ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; EXPERT SYSTEMS; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; SCHEDULING;

AIR FRANCE; BRANCH AND BOUND ALGORITHM; CREW PAIRING; DANTZIG-WOLFE DECOMPOSITION; INTEGER NONLINEAR PROGRAMMING; MULTI COMMODITY FLOW MODEL; SET PARTITIONING TYPE MODEL;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 0031104166     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(96)00195-6     Document Type: Article

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