A branch-and-price approach for operational aircraft maintenance routing

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1850-1869

  Sarac, Abdulkadir ^a   Batta, Rajan ^b   Rump, Christopher M ^c  

^a Curbell Inc   (United States)

^b University at Buffalo ^*  (United States)

^c BOWLING GREEN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Large scale optimization; Logistics; OR in airlines

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; LARGE SCALE SYSTEMS; LOGISTICS; MAINTENANCE; MOTION PLANNING; OPTIMIZATION; PERSONNEL; PROBLEM SOLVING;

AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE ROUTING PROBLEM; AIRCRAFT ROUTING; LARGE SCALE OPTIMIZATION; MAINTENANCE RESOURCE AVAILABILITY;

OPERATIONS RESEARCH;

EID: 33748922234     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2004.10.033     Document Type: Article

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