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FORM FIELD Title	Title	AirCrewRostering
FORM FIELD DateSubmitted	DateSubmitted	20 Feb 2008
FORM FIELD CaseStudyType	CaseStudyType	DIYCaseStudy
FORM FIELD OperationsResearchTopics	OperationsResearchTopics	IntegerProgramming

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FORM FIELD ApplicationAreas	ApplicationAreas

|*FORM FIELD ProblemDescription*|ProblemDescription|*THE AIR CREW ROSTERING PROBLEM*

Adapted from a real-world problem

An airline is trying to roster captains for 6 flights. The flight schedules are:

Only one captain is required for each sector, but a captain may be a passenger on a flight (this is called paxing). In addition to the six flights above the following flights are available for paxing and operate every 2 hours:

The following rules for shifts must be observed:

Shifts start and finish at a captain’s home base;
The earliest start time is on Day 1 (0001 hours) and the latest finish time is on Day 6 (2359 hours);
Shifts are composed of blocks of work. Each block must be no more than 13 hours;
Captains must have at least 12 hours break between blocks. The exception is when a block consists only of paxing flights, then a 9 hour break is all that is needed;
There must be a 30 min break between sector changes.

There are 6 captains available for work, 2 based in Auckland (AKL), 1 based in Christchurch (CHCH) and 3 based in Singapore (SNG). Each captain is paid $1000 for each block of work (even if it is only a 45 min pax). Each captain’s contract guarantees he/she will be paid for 3 blocks of work even if they perform less.

The airline has started an AMPL model, but given up:

FLIGHT_SCHEDULE.MOD

model;

set TODS; # T(our) O(f) D(uty) set = pilot schedules
set FLYS {TODS} within FLIGHTS;

param Blocks {TODS} integer >= 1;
param Base {TODS} symbolic within BASES;

They have asked you to complete their model file and write a data file and script file to solve their rostering problem.

The airline is also curious if they can reduce the cost of their roster by using less pilots. As a second deliverable, they have asked you to investigate this option. |

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FORM FIELD ApplicationAreas	ApplicationAreas	Rostering

|*FORM FIELD ProblemDescription*|ProblemDescription|*Adapted from a real-world problem*

An airline is trying to roster captains for 6 flights. The flight schedules are:

The following rules for shifts must be observed:

Shifts start and finish at a captain's home base;
The earliest start time is on Day 1 (0001 hours) and the latest finish time is on Day 6 (2359 hours);
Shifts are composed of blocks of work. Each block must be no more than 13 hours;
Captains must have at least 12 hours break between blocks. The exception is when a block consists only of paxing flights, then a 9 hour break is all that is needed;
There must be a 30 min break between sector changes.

There are 6 captains available for work, 2 based in Auckland (AKL), 1 based in Christchurch (CHCH) and 3 based in Singapore (SNG). Each captain is paid $1000 for each block of work (even if it is only a 45 min pax). Each captain's contract guarantees he/she will be paid for 3 blocks of work even if they perform less.

The airline wants to know what shifts the captains should fly to minise the cost of covering the flights.

The airline is also curious if they can reduce the cost of their roster by using less pilots. |

FORM FIELD ProblemFormulation	ProblemFormulation	The formulation...
FORM FIELD ComputationalModel	ComputationalModel	The computational model...
FORM FIELD Results	Results	The results...
FORM FIELD Conclusions	Conclusions	In conclusion...
FORM FIELD ExtraForExperts	ExtraForExperts

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|*FORM FIELD StudentTasks*|StudentTasks|*STUDENT TASKS*

1. Add a ??? LINK ?? columnwise formulation for finding a pilot roster flight_schedule.mod.

What to hand in Your completed flight_schedule.mod file.

2. Design a system/process for generating all possible Tours of Duty (TODs). Generate the TODs to create flight_schedule.dat.

What to hand in A brief (less than 1 page) description of your system/process. Your flight_schedule.dat file.

3. Solve The Air Crew Rostering Problem. Be sure to investigate the possibility of less pilots.

What to hand in A management summary of your solution.

Extra for Experts' Tasks

1. The airline had hired another AMPL consultant to generate TODs automatically. She had almost finished before going on parental leave. She has left a multitude of files in a zip archive:

??? LINK ??? flights.zip

All the files are complete except flight_schedule.run (there is an incomplete version in the archive). Complete flight_schedule.run and run generating_flights.run to solve The Air Crew Rostering Problem.

What to hand in Your completed flight_schedule.run file. A comment on whether your solution from generating_flights.run agrees with your solution where you generated the TODs yourself.

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|*FORM FIELD StudentTasks*|StudentTasks|

Write a columnwise formulation to solve the Airline Rostering Problem. Generate feasible shifts for your formulation using any method you choose, be sure that your method generates all possible shifts. Solve the Airline Rostering Problem and write a management summary.
Hint Using depth-first search or power sets in AMPL is difficult for this method. Using a different programming language to generate the shifts, or generating them by hand using a carefully thought out method may be easier.
What to hand in Your model file. A description of your shift generation method. Your management summary.

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