Aircrew schedule generation using repeated matching

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 21-35

  Wark, Peter ^a   Holt, John ^b   Rönnqvist, Mikael ^c   Ryan, David ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Crew scheduling; Heuristic; Matching; Optimisation; Supplementary crew

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHEDULING;

AIRCREW SCHEDULING PROBLEM; TOURS OF DUTY (TOD);

AVIATORS;

EID: 0031247730     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-2217(96)00225-1     Document Type: Article

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