An integrated airline scheduling, fleeting, and pricing model for a monopolized market

Computer-Aided Civil and Infrastructure Engineering

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 76-90

  Atasoy, Bilge ^a   Salani, Matteo ^b   Bierlaire, Michel ^a  

^a EPFL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LUGANO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIRLINE SCHEDULING; CAPACITY DECISIONS; INTEGRATED APPROACH; INTEGRATED MODELING; INTEGRATED SCHEDULING; PRICE INFORMATION; SEQUENTIAL APPROACH; SUPPLY AND DEMAND;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; COMMERCE; COSTS;

ECONOMICS;

AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; MODELING; MONOPOLY; PRICING POLICY; TRANSPORTATION ECONOMICS; TRAVEL TIME;

EID: 84891661409     PISSN: 10939687     EISSN: 14678667     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/mice.12032     Document Type: Article

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