Transport Scheduling with Service-Level Constraints - Complexity and Algorithms

In this paper, we study a problem arising in military transport scheduling. A military organization operates a large fleet of vehicles in a depot to serve the requests of various operational units. Each request has a fixed start and end time, and is served by a prescribed number of vehicles. We addr...

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Main Authors: LAU, Hoong Chuin, NG, K. M., WU, Xintao
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Language:English
Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2004
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Online Access:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1128
http://www.aaai.org/Papers/AAAI/2004/AAAI04-083.pdf
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Institution: Singapore Management University
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Summary:In this paper, we study a problem arising in military transport scheduling. A military organization operates a large fleet of vehicles in a depot to serve the requests of various operational units. Each request has a fixed start and end time, and is served by a prescribed number of vehicles. We address the following two problems : (1) how many vehicles are at least needed to meet a given service level of requests ; and (2) suppose we allow each request to shift its start time by a constant duration, can all the requests be met ?