The model described determines airline flight schedules which will maximise company profits and passenger satisfaction. The approach represents a significant improvement in analytical methods for fleet planning and scheduling which take into account the complex interaction between the passenger...

We examine the freight transportation problem which occurs when the same authority controls and plans both the supply of transportation services (modes, routes, frequencies for the services and classification, consolidation, transfer policies for terminals) and the routing of freight. We present...

This paper presents a continuous approximation model to determine the long-term vehicle fleet composition needed to perform distribution activities. The problem is a realistic variant of the vehicle routing problem, in which the fleet size and mix are also decision variables. The types of...