During the last decades freight transportation experienced a worldwide boom. At the same time
competition increased considerably such that efficient cost structures are indispensable for
any market player. One of the main challenges a transportation company faces is the efficient
employment of its personnel in operations commonly referred to as crew scheduling.In this book
the author presents solution approaches to large-scale crew scheduling. Firstly the
implementation of state-of-the-art operations research methods for a setting at a major
European freight railway carrier is presented. Secondly the author discusses acceleration
techniques that make the developed algorithms applicable even in short-term contexts. While the
analysis is based on European freight railway settings the gained insights also apply to other
(crew) scheduling contexts.Potential readership includes scholars and graduate students who are
interested in the fields of crew scheduling and column generation as well as practitioners from
transportation companies looking for new planning approaches.
