Course Meeting Times
Lectures: 2 sessions / week, 1.5 hours / session
Lecturer
Prof. Cynthia Barnhart
Teaching Assistant
Stephane Bratu
Prerequisites
Permission of instructor
Description
Explores a variety of models and optimization techniques for the solution of airline schedule planning and operations problems. Schedule design, fleet assignment, aircraft maintenance routing, crew scheduling, passenger mix, and other topics are covered. Recent models and algorithms addressing issues of model integration, robustness, and operations recovery are introduced. Modeling and solution techniques designed specifically for large-scale problems, and state-of-the-art applications of these techniques to airline problems are detailed.
Assignments
3 assignments, each representing 15% of the grade, a mid-term quiz representing 20% of the grade, and one project presentation and report representing 35% of the grade.
Academic Honesty Policy
The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering adheres to the strictest standards of academic honesty. An important aspect of achieving these standards is to be sure that students are aware of expectations of faculty regarding academic honesty. This statement clarifies the faculty’s expectations in 1.206J.
Assignments
Assignments performed by students for submission have a dual purpose. They are intended as educational devices, including the teaching of skills such as working in teams. They are also evaluation tools for the faculty in judging the quality of performance of individual students. Our policies are intended to balance these two purposes and, unless otherwise stated, these policies apply to all assignments.
Students currently taking this class can work together to conceptualize general approaches to assignments. However, unless otherwise specified for a particular assignment, the work you submit should be done completely on your own. This includes text, numerical calculations, mathematical derivations, diagrams, graphs, computer programs and output.
Reference any written source you use in your submission.
In-class Exams
All work on in-class exams should be performed only by you. Materials you can bring into the examination will be specified by the faculty for each exam.
If you have any questions about how these policies relate to a specific situation, you should speak to Professor Barnhart.
Source: Professor Sussman’s academic honesty statement for 1.221J.
