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Prem Kumar

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Introducing a preliminary Consists Selection in the Locomotive Assignment Problem

Michel Bierlaire, Francesco Piu, Prem Kumar

The Locomotive Assignment Problem (LAP) is a class of planning and scheduling problems solved by assigning a fleet of locomotives to a network of trains. In the planning versions of the LAP, the type of consist (a group of linked locomotives) assigned to e ...

Elsevier2015

Optimizing Fueling Decisions for Locomotives in Railroad Networks

Michel Bierlaire, Prem Kumar

Even though rail transportation is one of the most fuel efficient forms of surface transportation, the cost of fuel constitutes one of the major categories of very high operating costs for railroad companies. In the United States, unlike in Europe, fueling ...

2015

Multi-Objective Airport Gate Assignment Problem in Planning and Operations

Michel Bierlaire, Prem Kumar

We consider the assignment of gates to arriving and departing flights at a large hub airport. This problem is highly complex even in planning stage when all flight arrivals and departures are assumed to be known precisely in advance. There are various cons ...

Wiley-Blackwell2014

Multi-Objective Airport Gate Assignment Problem in Planning and Operations

Michel Bierlaire, Prem Kumar

We consider the assignment of gates to arriving and departing flights at a large hub airport. It is considered to be a highly complex problem even in planning stage when all flight arrivals and departures are assumed to be known precisely in advance. There ...

2012

Optimizing Locations for a Vehicle Sharing System

Michel Bierlaire, Prem Kumar

Car-sharing business provides members access to a fleet of shared-use vehicles in a network of locations on a short-term, as-needed basis. It allows individuals to gain the benefits of private vehicle use without the costs and responsibilities of ownership ...

2012

Location Optimization for a Vehicle Sharing Service

Michel Bierlaire, Prem Kumar

2012

Multi-Objective Airport Gate Assignment Problem

Michel Bierlaire, Prem Kumar

In this paper, we consider the gate assignment for a large airline at its hub airport. It is considered to be a highly complex problem with the possibility of application in both planning as well as operations mode. There are various considerations that ar ...

2011

Generalized Airport Gate Assignment

Michel Bierlaire, Prem Kumar

We consider the problem of assigning gates to a large airline at its hub airport in both planning and operations mode. The first objective in planning mode assigns airport gates for a given passenger flow data and pedestrian distances between the gates, su ...

2011

Experience of Optimizing Fueling Decisions for Locomotives in Railroad Networks

Michel Bierlaire, Prem Kumar

Even though rail transportation is one of the most fuel efficient forms of surface transportation, fueling costs are the single highest operating cost head for railroad companies. For larger companies with several thousands of miles of rail network, the fu ...

2011

Optimizing Fueling Decisions for Locomotives in Railroad Networks

Michel Bierlaire, Prem Kumar

Even though rail transportation is one of the most fuel efficient forms of surface transportation, fueling costs are one of the highest operating cost head for railroad companies. In US, unlike Europe, fueling costs are indeed, by far, the single highest o ...

2011

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