A three-stage approach for the resource-constrained shortest path as a sub-problem in column generation

Computers and Operations Research

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 164-178

  Zhu, Xiaoyan ^a   Wilhelm, Wilbert E ^b  

^a University of Tennessee Knoxville   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Column generation; Integer programming; Pseudo polynomial time; Resource constrained shortest path problem; Three stage solution approach

Indexed keywords

ACYCLIC GRAPHS; ALGORITHM COMPLEXITY; ARC COSTS; COLUMN GENERATION; COMPUTATIONAL TESTS; ITERATIVE SOLUTIONS; LABEL-SETTING ALGORITHM; MULTIPLE RESOURCES; OPTIMIZATION SOFTWARE; PSEUDO-POLYNOMIAL TIME; RESOURCE LIMITATIONS; RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED; SHORTEST PATH; SHORTEST PATH PROBLEM; SOLUTION APPROACH; THREE-STAGE SOLUTION APPROACH;

ALGORITHMS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; SOFTWARE TESTING;

GRAPH THEORY;

EID: 79958108676     PISSN: 03050548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cor.2011.03.008     Document Type: Article

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