Cordeau, Jean-François; Desaulniers, Guy; Lingaya, Norbert - In: Transportation Research Part B: Methodological 35 (2001) 8, pp. 767-787
In this paper, we present a sophisticated model and a heuristic solution approach based on mathematical optimization for the assignment of locomotives and cars to passenger trains. Given a periodic schedule and a fleet composed of several types of locomotives and cars, our approach determines a...