Postgraduate Course: Operational Research in the Airline Industry (MATH11042)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Mathematics |
College |
College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
5 |
| Home subject area |
Mathematics |
Other subject area |
Operational Research |
| Course website |
http://student.maths.ed.ac.uk |
|
|
| Course description |
This module will address real world applications of Operational Research in the airline industry. Two specific problems will be discussed, crew scheduling and yield management. Crew scheduling is the problem of the optimal use of crew and flight attendants. It can be formulated as a set partitioning problem, which requires sophisticated combinatorial optimization techniques to solve efficiently.
Yield management is the problem of selecting the fares to charge the customers and how to adjust these dynamically in response to bookings. Specific pricing strategies with tools, techniques and their implementation will be discussed. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
|
Co-requisites |
|
| Prohibited Combinations |
|
Other requirements |
None
|
| Additional Costs |
None |
Course Delivery Information
|
| Delivery period: 2010/11 Block 4 (Sem 2), Not available to visiting students (SS1)
|
WebCT enabled: Yes |
Quota: None |
| Location |
Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
| No Classes have been defined for this Course |
| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
| Understanding of real word applications of Operational Research in the airline industry. The ability to formulate and solve certain combinatorial optimization problems as set partitioning problems. |
Assessment Information
| Continuous Assessment 30%, Exam 70% |
| Please see Visiting Student Prospectus website for Visiting Student Assessment information |
Special Arrangements
| Not entered |
Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Julian Hall
Tel: (0131 6)50 5075
Email: J.A.J.Hall@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Mrs Frances Reid
Tel: (0131 6)50 4883
Email: f.c.reid@ed.ac.uk |
|
copyright 2010 The University of Edinburgh -
1 September 2010 6:19 am
|
University Homepage