Decision-aid methodologies in transportation

Lectures

Date	Lecturer	Topic	Reading
Feb 18	Stathopoulos	Introduction	Chapter 2 (2.1) Simple example
Feb 25	Stathopoulos	Choice theory	Chapter 4 (4.1) Making random utility theory operational
Mar 4	Stathopoulos	Binary choice	Chapter 4 Binary Choice
Mar 11	Stathopoulos	Multiple alternatives	Chapter 5 Choice with multiple alternatives
Mar 18	Stathopoulos	Tests	Chapter 6 Specification testing
Mar 25	Stathopoulos	Forecasting	Chapter 9 Prediction
Apr 1	Chen	Polyhedra and Simplex method	Ferguson Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 or Bertsimas and Tsitsiklis (1997) Chapters 2, 3
Apr 8	Chen	Duality theory and column generation	Desrosiers and Lubbecke (2005) Sections 1, 2 or Bertsimas and Tsitsiklis (1997) Chapters 4, 6
Apr 15	Chen	Integer programming
Apr 22		No lecture (Easter)
Apr 29	Chen	Approximation methods and heuristics
May 6	Chen	Optimization in airline transport	Barnhart et al. (2003), Barnhart et al. (1998) and Vance et al. (1997)
May 13		No lecture
May 20	Chen	Optimization in maritime transport	Bierwirth and Meisel (2010)
May 27	Robenek	Optimization in railway transport	Caprara et al. (2006)

Slides

A copy of the slides is available here.

Bibliography

Readings

• Ben-Akiva, M., Bierlaire, M., McFadden, D., and Walker, J. (2014). Discrete Choice Analysis, Draft document, January 2014. [Available here]
• Train, K. (2009). Discrete Choice Methods with Simulation. Cambridge University Press. [Available here][or here]
• Axhausen, K., Hess, S., Koenig, A., Abay, G., Bates, J. and Bierlaire, M. (2008). Income and distance elasticities of values of travel time savings: New Swiss results. Transport Policy, 15(3):173-185. [Available here]
• Ferguson, T.S. Linear Programming: A concise introduction. [Available here]
• Desrosiers, J. and Lubbecke, M.E. (2005). A primer in column generation. [Available here]
• Barnhart, C., Belobaba, P. and Odoni, A.R. (2003). Applications of operations research in the air transport industry. Transportation Science, 37:368-391. [Available here]
• Barnhart, C., Boland, N.L., Clarke, L.W., Johnson, E.L., Nemhauser, G.L. and Shenoi, R.G. (1998). Flight string models for aircraft fleeting and routing. Transportation Science, 32:208-220. [Available here]
• Vance, P.H., Barnhart, C., Johnson, E.L. and Nemhauser, G.L. (1997). Airline crew scheduling: A new formulation and decomposition algorithm. Operations Research, 45:188-200. [Available here]
• Bierwirth, C. and Meisel, F. (2010). A survey of berth allocation and quay crane scheduling problems in container terminals. European Journal of Operational Research, 202:615-627. [Available here]
• Caprara, A., Kroon, L., Monaci, M., Peeters, M. and Toth, P (2006). Passenger railway optimization. In Barnhart, C. and Laporte, G. (eds.) Handbooks in Operations Research and Management Science, vol. 14, pages 129-187, Elsevier, Amsterdam. [Available here]

Additional material

• Ben-Akiva, M. and Lerman, S.R. (1985). Discrete Choice Analysis: Theory and Application to Travel Demand, MIT Press. [Bookfinder]
• Ben-Akiva, M. and Bierlaire, M. (2003). Discrete choice models with applications to departure time and route choice. In Hall, R. (ed.) Handbook of Transportation Science, 2nd edition, pages 7-38. Kluwer. [Bookfinder]
• Bertsimas, D. and Tsitsiklis, J.N. (1997). Introduction to Linear Optimization. Athena Scientific, Belmont, MA. [Bookfinder]