Socially-oriented flight scheduling and fleet assignment model with an application to Norway

Transportation Research Part B: Methodological

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 17-32

  Pita, João P ^a   Adler, Nicole ^b   Antunes, António P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^b HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

^c Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Air transport; Fleet assignment; Flight scheduling; Optimization model; Public service obligations; Welfare analysis

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORTATION; OPTIMIZATION; SCHEDULING;

AIR TRANSPORT; FLEET ASSIGNMENT; FLIGHT SCHEDULING; OPTIMIZATION MODELING; PUBLIC SERVICES; WELFARE ANALYSIS;

PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATION (PSO);

AIR TRANSPORTATION; FREIGHT TRANSPORT; OPTIMIZATION; PUBLIC SERVICE; PUBLIC TRANSPORT;

NORWAY;

EID: 84893407728     PISSN: 01912615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trb.2013.12.006     Document Type: Article

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