Models and algorithms for the train unit assignment problem

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 7422 LNCS, Issue , 2012, Pages 24-35

  Cacchiani, Valentina ^a   Caprara, Alberto ^a   Toth, Paolo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

heuristic algorithm; integer linear programming model; relaxation; rolling stock; train unit assignment

Indexed keywords

ASSIGNMENT PROBLEMS; BOUNDING PROCEDURES; COMPUTATIONAL RESULTS; CONSTRUCTIVE HEURISTIC ALGORITHM; INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING MODELS; LAGRANGIAN APPROACHES; LINE PLANNING; LINEAR PROGRAMMING RELAXATION; LOCAL SEARCH; MINIMUM COST; OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES; PASSENGER SEATS; PLANNING PROBLEM; PLANNING PROCESS; RAILWAY SYSTEM; RELAXATION; TIMETABLING; TRAIN UNIT ASSIGNMENT; VALID INEQUALITY;

COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK;

HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84865251883     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-32147-4_4     Document Type: Conference Paper

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