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OverviewColumn Generation is an insightful overview of the state-of-the-art in integer programming column generation and its many applications. The volume begins with A Primer in Column Generation which outlines the theory and ideas necessary to solve large-scale practical problems, illustrated with a variety of examples. Other chapters follow this introduction on Shortest Path Problems with Resource Constraints, Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Window, Branch-and-Price Heuristics, Cutting Stock Problems, each dealing with methodological aspects of the field. Three chapters deal with transportation applications: Large-scale Models in the Airline Industry, Robust Inventory Ship Routing by Column Generation, and Ship Scheduling with Recurring Visits and Visit Separation Requirements. Production is the focus of another three chapters: Combining Column Generation and Lagrangian Relaxation, Dantzig-Wolfe Decomposition for Job Shop Scheduling, and Applying Column Generation to Machine Scheduling. The final chapter by Francois Vanderbeck, Implementing Mixed Integer Column Generation, reviews how to set-up the Dantzig-Wolfe reformulation, adapt standard MIP techniques to the column generation context (branching, preprocessing, primal heuristics), and deal with specific column generation issues (initialization, stabilization, column management strategies). The book is the first systematic treatment of column generation methodologies. It will provide students, researchers, and experienced column generation users with a much-needed state-of-the-art survey of the field. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Guy Desaulniers , Jacques Desrosiers , Marius M SolomonPublisher: Springer Imprint: Springer Volume: 26 Dimensions: Width: 23.40cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 15.60cm Weight: 0.531kg ISBN: 9780387506333ISBN 10: 0387506330 Pages: 380 Publication Date: 16 September 2008 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Undefined Publisher's Status: Unknown Availability: Out of stock Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |