Title
Implementing a branch and price and cut method for the airline crew pairing optimization problem
Abstract
We discuss the airline crew pairing optimization problem and present a solution method based on a combination of column and cut generation. The generated cuts are a subclass of subset-row inequalities. The pricing subproblem is solved by a label-setting algorithm with a new backtracking scheme and consideration of the generated cuts. The solution method for the linear relaxation is embedded in a branch-and-bound procedure with a constraint branching strategy and a new search strategy. We test our method on instances from domestic flight schedules of a European Airline.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1007/s12469-011-0038-9
Public Transport
Keywords
Field
DocType
Branch and price, Branch and cut, Column generation, Crew pairing optimization
Column generation,Mathematical optimization,Crew,Branch and price,Branch and cut,Pairing,Schedule,Backtracking,Optimization problem,Mathematics,Operations management
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
3
1
1613-7159
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.41
9
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Viktor Dück151.09
Franz Wesselmann250.75
Leena Suhl324326.87