The robust crew pairing problem: model and solution methodology

Journal of Global Optimization

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 29-54

  Lu, Da ^a   Gzara, Fatma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Airline operations; Crew pairing; Lagrangian relaxation; Robust optimization; Robust shortest path

Indexed keywords

FLOW MEASUREMENT; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; OPTIMIZATION;

AIRLINE OPERATIONS; CREW PAIRING; LAGRANGIAN RELAXATION; ROBUST OPTIMIZATION; SHORTEST PATH;

GRAPH THEORY;

EID: 84938200196     PISSN: 09255001     EISSN: 15732916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10898-014-0222-y     Document Type: Article

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