| Article ID: | iaor20083981 |
| Country: | United Kingdom |
| Volume: | 17 |
| Issue: | 4 |
| Start Page Number: | 389 |
| End Page Number: | 396 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 1990 |
| Journal: | Computers and Operations Research |
| Authors: | Chandra M. Jeya, Hong Jae D. |
| Keywords: | personnel & manpower planning, heuristics |
In this paper, we solve the problem of minimizing the number of crews required for completing a mission within a specified time period in an airlift operation. A heuristic algorithm is developed based on the marginal idle time of the aircraft. Numerical examples are reported, to compare the efficiency of the algorithm with the computer software, GINO, used generally for solving nonlinear programming problems.