| Article ID: | iaor19961889 |
| Country: | Italy |
| Volume: | 56 |
| Issue: | 1 |
| Start Page Number: | 69 |
| End Page Number: | 83 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 1996 |
| Journal: | Ingegneria Economica |
| Authors: | Rocca Catia |
| Keywords: | heuristics, transportation: air |
The paper presents a heuristic algorithm for the optimal solution of a problem of shifts allocation. It illustrates a method which is very easy to use, with a large field of applicability and with low computational difficulty. The paper has tested it for the problem of check-in at Milano-Linate airport. Computational results indicate that the algorithm is not only effective, but it is also very efficient since it enables considerable savings for the firm.