The staff scheduling problem in the retail business is considered for which a new mathematical model and new solution methods are introduced. The problem is formalized as a set covering type problem. Columns represent feasible weekly working time patterns of one sales clerk. Rows correspond to...

Im Rahmen der 1995 erfolgten Umstrukturierung der Deutschen Lufthansa AG sind aus einzelnen Unternehmensbereichen selbständige Tochterunternehmen entstanden. Hierzu gehört auch die Lufthansa Technical Training GmbH (LTT) mit Schulungseinrichtungen in Berlin, Frankfurt und Hamburg. Kunden der...

Lufthansa Technical Training GmbH (LIT) performs training courses for Lufthansa AG as well as for several other international airlines. Courses of about 670 different types are offered of which several hundred take place each year. The course scheduling problem faced by LTT is to develop a...