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Decision-aid methodologies in transportation
Lectures
| Date | Lecturer | Topic | Reading | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19 | Kazagli | Introduction | Chapter 2 (2.1) Simple example | |
| Feb 26 | Bierlaire | Choice theory | Chapter 4 (4.1) Making random utility theory operational | |
| Mar 5 | Bierlaire | Binary choice | Chapter 4 Binary Choice | |
| Mar 12 | Bierlaire | Multiple alternatives | Chapter 5 Choice with multiple alternatives | |
| Mar 19 | Bierlaire | Tests | Chapter 6 Specification testing | |
| Mar 26 | Bierlaire | Forecasting | Chapter 9 Prediction | |
| Apr 2 | No lecture (Spring break) | |||
| Apr 9 | No lecture | Entire morning for the labs | ||
| Apr 16 | Chen | Polyhedra and Simplex Method | Thomas Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 or Bertsimas et al. Chapters 2, 3 | |
| Apr 23 | Chen | Duality Theory and Column Generation | Desrosiers et al. (2005) Sections 1 and 2 or Bertsimas et al. Chapter 4, 6 | |
| Apr 31 | Chen | Integer programming | ||
| May 7 | Chen | Approximation methods and heuristics | ||
| May 14 | Chen | Optimization in airline transport | Barnhart et al. (2003), Barnhart et al. (1998) and Vance et al. (1997) | |
| May 21 | Chen | Optimization in maritime transport | Bierwirth et al. (2010) | |
| May 28 | Robenek | Optimization in railway transport | Caprara et al. (2006) | |
Slides
A copy of the slides is available here.
Optimization Software
A student version of IBM ILOG CPLEX is available here.
Bibliography
Readings
- Ben-Akiva, Bierlaire, Bolduc, Walker (2010) Discrete Choice Analysis, Draft document, September 8, 2010. [Available here]
- Train (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]
- Thomas S. Ferguson. Linear Programming: A concise introduction [Available here]
- Desrosiers, J. and Lubbecke, M.E.(2005) A primer in column generation [Available here]
- Barnhart, C. and Belobaba, P. and Odoni, A.R., Applications of Operations Research in the Air Transport Industry, Transportation Science 37 (2003), pp. 368-391 [Available here]
- Barnhart, C. and Boland, N.L. and Clarke, L.W. and Johnson, E.L. and Nemhauser, G.L. and Shenoi, R.G., Flight string models for aircraft fleeting and routing, Transportation Science 32 (1998), pp. 208-220 [Available here]
- Vance, P.H. and Barnhart, C. and Johnson, E.L. and Nemhauser, G.L., Airline Crew scheduling: A New Formulation and Decomposition Algorithm , Operations Research 45 (1997), pp. 188-200. [Available here]
- Bierwirth, C. and Meisel, F., A survey of berth allocation and quay crane scheduling problems in container terminals , European Journal of Operational Research 202 (2010), pp. 615-627. [Available here]
- Caprara, Alberto and Kroon, Leo and Monaci, Michele and Peeters, Marc and Toth, Paolo, Passenger railway optimization , Handbooks in operations research and management science 14 (2006), pp. 129-187. [Available here]
Additional material
- Ben-Akiva and Lerman (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 pp.7-38. Kluwer. [Bookfinder]
- 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]
- Bertsimas, D. and Tsitsiklis, J.N. Introduction to linear optimization, Athena Scientific Belmont, MA [Bookfinder]
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Tuesday 08:15-10:10
Tuesday 10:15-12:00