A variable neighborhood search algorithm for airport ferry vehicle scheduling problem

L Lv, Z Deng, C Shao, W Shen - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2023 - Elsevier
This paper formulates the airport ferry vehicle scheduling problem as unrelated parallel
machine scheduling (UPMS) problem to achieve a better reduction in the weighted sum of …

An effective and robust genetic algorithm with hybrid multi-strategy and mechanism for airport gate allocation

Z Zhu, X Li, H Chen, X Zhou, W Deng - Information Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Gate allocation is a combinatorial scheduling problem with multi-constraint and multi-
objective. It is challenging to solve this problem when the size of flights increases …

A flow based formulation and a reinforcement learning based strategic oscillation for cross-dock door assignment

M Li, JK Hao, Q Wu - European Journal of Operational Research, 2024 - Elsevier
Cross-dock door assignment is a critical warehouse optimization problem in supply chain
management. It involves assigning incoming trucks to inbound doors and outgoing trucks to …

A column generation-based algorithm for gate assignment problem with combinational gates

J Li, K Li, Q Tian, X Jin - Expert Systems with Applications, 2024 - Elsevier
The gate assignment is a complicated real-world problem occurring in airports. The present
paper studies the gate assignment problem with combinational gates. The problem is multi …

A branch-and-price algorithm for the airport gate assignment problem considering the trade-off between robustness and efficiency

Z Liu, Q Xiang - Transportation Research Part C: Emerging …, 2023 - Elsevier
In this paper, a novel objective for the airport gate assignment problem which considers the
trade-off between robustness and operational efficiency in a unified dimension is developed …

An effective multi-level memetic search with neighborhood reduction for the clustered team orienteering problem

M He, Q Wu, U Benlic, Y Lu, Y Chen - European Journal of Operational …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract The Clustered Team Orienteering Problem (CluTOP) extends the classic Clustered
Orienteering Problem by considering the use of multiple vehicles. The problem is known to …

Joint gate-runway scheduling considering carbon emissions, airport noise and ground-air coordination

R Hu, D Wang, H Feng, J Zhang, X Pan… - Journal of Air Transport …, 2024 - Elsevier
With the rapid increase in air traffic, the scheduling optimization of one single resource is
difficult to meet the needs of airport surface operation. Thus, we propose a new joint …

Flight Gate Assignment Problem with Reinforcement Learning

M Muhafız Yıldız, U Avcı, MA Örnek… - … Conference on Intelligent …, 2023 - Springer
The operation of an airport is a very complex task involving many actors. The primary
mission of airport management is to provide sufficient capacity and the best working …

An enhanced heuristic for the team orienteering problem with time windows considering multiple deliverymen

X Su, H Nan - Soft Computing, 2023 - Springer
This paper proposes a team orienteering problem with time windows considering multiple
deliverymen (TOPTWMD), which arises from practical situations where firms deliver goods to …

A new formulation and an effective matheuristic for the airport gate assignment problem

Ö Karsu, O Solyalı - Computers & Operations Research, 2023 - Elsevier
This study considers an airport gate assignment problem where a set of aircraft arriving to an
airport are assigned to the fixed gates of the airport terminal or to the apron. The aim is to …