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Decision Support for Airline Schedule Planning

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  • Dennis F.X. Mathaisel

    (MIT
    Babson College)

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Since the 1950s, the operations research community has developed a large number of computer models to aid in the solution of airline scheduling problems. One notable characteristic of these contributions is that each algorithm was developed with its own input and output structures, user interface, and hardware and software requirements. The result is that many of these contributions are under-utilized because they are cumbersome to use, not integrated with the other airline's systems, and not connected across all functions of the airline (from planning to operations control). What was needed to make these contributions effective was a scheduling “environment” with a systematic interaction between the human, standardized databases across all functions of the airline, powerful desktop workstations for decision support, a standardized interactive graphical user interface for schedule editing, and the operations research techniques for optimization. This paper reports on the application of the integration of computer science and operations research in a decision support system for airline schedule planning. The application integrates a graphical user interface and the database with the schedule optimization algorithms.

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  • Dennis F.X. Mathaisel, 1997. "Decision Support for Airline Schedule Planning," Journal of Combinatorial Optimization, Springer, vol. 1(3), pages 251-275, October.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:jcomop:v:1:y:1997:i:3:d:10.1023_a:1009776309890
    DOI: 10.1023/A:1009776309890
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