Stabilized column generation for highly degenerate multiple-depot vehicle scheduling problems

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 817-834

  Oukil, Amar ^a   Amor, Hatem Ben ^b   Desrosiers, Jacques ^a   El Gueddari, Hicham ^a  

^a HEC MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b ÉCOLE POLYTECHNIQUE DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Column generation; Degeneracy; Multiple Depot Vehicle Scheduling Problem; Stabilization

Indexed keywords

LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPERATIONS RESEARCH; PROBLEM SOLVING; STABILIZATION;

COLUMN GENERATION; DEGENERACY; LINEAR RELAXATION; MULTIPLE-DEPOT VEHICLE SCHEDULING PROBLEM (MDVSP);

SCHEDULING;

EID: 33748453338     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2005.05.011     Document Type: Article

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