Alliances allow the airlines to extend their networks and increase the number of destinations they can access. Different from the traditional single airline approach, in an alliance, partner airlines may sell tickets for the same itinerary. In addition, one itinerary may consist of several...

Introduction -- Selected Topics in Revenue Management -- A Review of Strategic Passenger Airline Alliances -- Selected Topics in Cooperative Game Theory -- Airline Alliance Revenue Management Game -- Approximate Nucleolus-Based Revenue Shares for Airline Alliances -- Selfish Revenue Sharing...

We describe a planning problem at a broadcasting company (e.g. a TV or radio channel). Advertisers place orders for commercials. Typically, each order consists of multiple spots, and the airdates of the spots are not fixed by the advertiser. Therefore, the channel has to decide simultaneously...

This paper deals with two most important problems, from both practical and theoretical standpoints, arising in sequencing mixed-model assembly lines. Such lines have become core components of modern repetitive manufacturing, and just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing in particular. One problem is to...

The logic of Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II) which is implemented in most modern production planning and control systems does not provide any satisfying solutions for multi-level lot sizing, especially not, when capacity is scare. Moreover, lot size and sequence decisions are usually...