A time-space network approach for the integrated vehicle-and crew-scheduling problem with multiple depots

Transportation Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 367-382

  Steinzen, Ingmar ^a   Gintner, Vitali ^a   Suhl, Leena ^a   Kliewer, Natalia ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Column generation; Public transit; Vehicle and crew scheduling

Indexed keywords

GRAPH THEORY; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; NUMERICAL METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; SCHEDULING; URBAN TRANSPORTATION; VEHICLES;

ADDITIONAL FLEXIBILITIES; COLUMN GENERATION; CONSTRAINED SHORTEST PATH; CREW SCHEDULING; CREW SCHEDULING PROBLEMS; PUBLIC TRANSIT; TIME-SPACE NETWORK FORMULATION; VEHICLE SCHEDULING PROBLEM;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

EID: 77955598671     PISSN: 00411655     EISSN: 15265447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.1090.0304     Document Type: Article

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