Decision Support for Crew Rostering in Public Transit: Web-Based Optimization System for Cyclic and Non-Cyclic Rostering

✍ Scribed by Lin Xie (auth.)

• Publisher: Gabler Verlag
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 182
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

While traditionally sequential approaches have been used to deal with the cyclic/non-cyclic crew rostering problem in public transit, Lin Xie focuses on several solution approaches based on a novel network design to solve this task within one step. This is due to the fact that sequential planning often produces some unassigned duties that require additional drivers to cover them, while some drivers do not get jobs on some days. This integrated approach reduces additional personnel/operational costs and improves the satisfaction of drivers compared with the sequential one. Moreover, the author develops a web-based decision support system, which supports the planner in choosing a customized model as well as a suitable solution approach for solving the problem.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction....Pages 3-4
Background....Pages 5-24
Crew Rostering: State of the Art....Pages 25-36
Required Work and Scope of the Thesis....Pages 37-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Mathematical Programming and Optimal Crew Rostering....Pages 41-55
Computational Experiments for the MIP Models....Pages 57-66
Heuristics for Solving the Crew Rostering Problem....Pages 67-106
Front Matter....Pages 107-107
Web-Based Decision Support System for Crew Rostering....Pages 109-126
Conclusion & Outlook....Pages 127-130
Back Matter....Pages 131-172

✦ Subjects

Operation Research/Decision Theory; Business Information Systems