A Lagrangian heuristic algorithm for a real-world train timetabling problem

Discrete Applied Mathematics

Volumn 154, Issue 5 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 738-753

  Caprara, Alberto ^a   Monaci, Michele ^b   Toth, Paolo ^a   Guida, Pier Luigi ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c Rete Ferroviaria Italiana SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Computational results; Lagrangian heuristic; Lagrangian relaxation; Path allocation; Train scheduling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATION THEORY; HEURISTIC METHODS; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PROBLEM SOLVING; SCHEDULING; SET THEORY;

PATH ALLOCATION; TRAIN SCHEDULING; TRAIN TIMETABLING PROBLEM (TTP);

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 33644594453     PISSN: 0166218X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dam.2005.05.026     Document Type: Article

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