Supporting strategic crew management at passenger railways—model, method and system
Document Type
Journal Article
Publication Date
2010
Subject Area
mode - rail, operations - scheduling, organisation - workforce planning
Keywords
Railway crew scheduling, Break and working time regulations, Branch and price, Decision support system
Abstract
This paper reports the results of a joint project with a large railway company in Germany to build a decision support system for analyzing the consequences of timetable changes, modifications of break and working time regulations as well as changes in the cost structure on future crew needs. For that purpose we have developed a mathematical model of the underlying crew scheduling problem that respects all the organizational and technical constraints as well as labor regulations. We have implemented a Branch&Price based optimization system that is used to perform scenario analyses of future crew needs using medium-term timetable drafts as input data.
Rights
Permission to publish the abstract has been given by SpringerLink, copyright remains with them.
Recommended Citation
Derigs, U., Malcherek, D., & Schäfer, S. (2010). Supporting strategic crew management at passenger railways—model, method and system. Public Transport, Vol. 2, (4), pp. 307-334.
