Application of Integer Programming in Airline Crew Scheduling: Basics,Mathematical model, solution method and practical application - Softcover

Moges, Alehegn

 
9783659289569: Application of Integer Programming in Airline Crew Scheduling: Basics,Mathematical model, solution method and practical application
Softcover
ISBN 10: 3659289566 ISBN 13: 9783659289569
Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2012

Synopsis

In the airline industry in addition to salary and other benefits, the company is expected to cover the crew expenses that are needed to maintain its crew members outside their home base. So airlines should develop schedule for its crew that enables the company to have a better profit or meet its objective. Crew scheduling is a process of identifying a sequence flight legs, and assigning a flight crew for these sequenced flights. The main objective of the crew scheduling is to find set of pairings that cover all the scheduled flights with a minimum total crew cost while meeting the union and other government and aviation rules. This book is written to show the basics of planning and crew scheduling process in the airline industry. It also contains the mathematical model, solution method and practical problem to show all the processes in solving the scheduling problem.

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About the Author

MSc:from Addis Ababa University, in computational science, specialized in operation research. has been working as education and training manager of ICT center of excellence, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

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Publisher
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Publication date
2012
Language
English
ISBN 10 
3659289566
ISBN 13 
9783659289569
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
60