Team oriented airline crew scheduling and rostering [Elektronische Ressource] : problem description, solution approaches, and decision support / vorgelegt von Markus P. Thiel

DOCTORAL THESIS Team-oriented Airline Crew Scheduling and Rostering: Problem Description, Solution Approaches, and Decision Support Submitted to the Faculty of Business Administration and Economics at the University of Paderborn, Germany by Markus P. Thiel Diplom-Wirtschaftsinformatiker Advisor Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Leena Suhl Co-advisors Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Wilhelm Dangelmaier Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Burkhard Monien Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Natalia Kliewer Paderborn, 2005 Team-oriented Airline Crew Scheduling and Rostering: Problem Description, Solution Approaches, and Decision Support Fakultät für Wirtschaftswissenschaften der Universität Paderborn zur Erlangung des akademischen Grades eines Doktors der Wirtschaftswissenschaften doctor rerum politicarum (Dr. rer. pol.) vorgelegte Dissertation von Markus P. Thiel, Diplom-Wirtschaftsinformatiker Paderborn, 2005 II To my loving parents III Acknowledgements I am very grateful to the head of our laboratory, Prof. Dr. Leena Suhl, for guiding my Ph.D. research during the last 3.5 years. Especially I would like to thank her for the advice she gave me and the excellent support. Thank you for supervis-ing and promoting this thesis also during tough times encountered. In addition, I received valuable feedback of the commission members: Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Wilhelm Dangelmaier, Prof. Dr.