Abstract
For the complex task of scheduling airline crews, this paper discusses the integration of rostering requirements into the crew pairing optimization process. Our approach is based on a network flow model which uses a state expanded network to represent pairing chains for crew members at different domiciles. We enhance this model by proposing a refined representation of rest requirements along with preassignments such as pairings from the previous planning period, office and simulator activities as well as vacation and part-time leaves. In particular, we introduce the concept of availability blocks to mitigate the loss of information following from the aggregated anonymous flow of crew members in the network model. Experimental results with real world data sets show that the refined model remains tractable in practical settings.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Similar content being viewed by others
References
Andersson, E., Housos, E., Kohl, N., Wedelin, D.: Crew pairing optimization. In: Yu, G. (ed.) Operations Research in the Airline Industry, pp. 228–258. Kluwer, Boston (1998)
Barnhart, C., Cohn, A., Johnson, E.L., Klabjan, D., Nemhauser, G.L., Vance, P.: Airline crew scheduling. In: Hall, R.W. (ed.) Handbook of Transportation Science, pp. 517–560 (2003)
Cappanera, P., Gallo, G.: A multicommodity flow approach to the crew rostering problem. Operations Research 52(4), 583–596 (2004)
Desaulniers, G., Desrosiers, J., Dumas, Y., Marc, S., Rioux, B., Solomon, M.M., Soumis, F.: Crew pairing at air france. European Journal of Operational Research 97(2), 245–259 (1997)
Freling, R., Lentink, R.M., Wagelmans, A.P.: A decision support system for crew planning in passenger transportation using a flexible Branch-and-Price algorithm. Annals of Operations Research 127(1), 203–222 (2004)
Gamache, M., Soumis, F., Marquis, G., Desrosiers, J.: A column generation approach for Large-Scale aircrew rostering problems. Operations Research 47(2), 247–263 (1999)
Gopalakrishnan, B., Johnson, E.: Airline crew scheduling: State-of-the-Art. Annals of Operations Research 140(1), 305–337 (2005)
Kohl, N., Karisch, S.E.: Airline crew rostering: Problem types, modeling, and optimization. Annals of Operations Research 127(1), 223–257 (2004)
Lavoie, S., Minoux, M., Odier, E.: A new approach for crew pairing problems by column generation with an application to air transportation. European Journal of Operational Research 35(1), 45–58 (1988)
Löbel, A.: Solving large-scale multiple-depot vehicle scheduling problems. Lecture notes in economics and mathematical systems, pp. 193–220 (1997)
Maenhout, B., Vanhoucke, M.: A hybrid scatter search heuristic for personalized crew rostering in the airline industry. European Journal of Operational Research 206(1), 155–167 (2010)
Mellouli, T.: A network flow approach to crew scheduling based on an analogy to a Train/Aircraft maintenance routing problem. In: Voss, S., Daduna, J. (eds.) Computer-Aided Scheduling of Public Transport. LNEMS, vol. 505, pp. 91–120. Springer, Berlin (2001)
Mellouli, T.: Scheduling and routing processes in public transport systems. Professorial dissertation, University of Paderborn (2003)
Mellouli, T.: A network flow optimization model for integrated capacity-based crew scheduling. In: 23rd EURO conference on Operational research, Bonn (2009)
Saddoune, M., Desaulniers, G., Elhallaoui, I., Soumis, F.: Integrated airline crew pairing and crew assignment by dynamic constraint aggregation. Working Paper G-2010-05, Montréal (2010)
Zeghal, F., Minoux, M.: Modeling and solving a crew assignment problem in air transportation. European Journal of Operational Research 175(1), 187–209 (2006)
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 2011 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Römer, M., Mellouli, T. (2011). Handling Rest Requirements and Preassigned Activities in Airline Crew Pairing Optimization. In: Pahl, J., Reiners, T., Voß, S. (eds) Network Optimization. INOC 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6701. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21527-8_72
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-21527-8_72
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-21526-1
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-21527-8
eBook Packages: Computer ScienceComputer Science (R0)