Airline planning and scheduling: Models and solution methodologies

Frontiers of Engineering Management - Tập 7 Số 1 - Trang 1-26 - 2020
Lei Zhou1, Zhe Liang1, Chun-An Chou2, Wanpracha Art Chaovalitwongse3
1School of Economics & Management, Tongji University, Shanghai, China
2Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Department, Northeastern University, Boston, USA
3Department of Industrial Engineering and Institute for Advanced Data Analytics, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, USA

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