Carmen Academy

Advanced APC for Pairing

Audience

This course addresses expert planners with a deep understanding of the Carmen Crew Pairing system who wants to fully understand and control APC.


Benefits

The course gives you a deep understanding of the Automatic Pairing and Crew assignment module (APC) in the Carmen Crew Pairing system. After completing the course you will be able to:
  • Select the right APC method for any pairing problem
  • Control all APC methods through parameters
  • Analyse APC runs in detail
  • Tune APC runs for maximum performance
  • Suggest changes in RAVE code for maximum performance

Prerequisites

A deep understanding of the Carmen Crew Pairing system, as achieved by at least 6 months of experience on top of the course Advanced Pairing.


Course topics

  • APC inside
    • The entire APC process
    • The connection matrix
    • Preprocessing methods
    • Generation and search width
    • Deadhead handling

  • APC methods and parameters
    • Split initial
    • Split improve
    • K-opt and A-opt
    • General generation
    • Shift improve
    • Pairing repair
    • Deadhead improve
    • Long haul preprocessing
    • Map variables

  • The column generator
    • A different solution approach
    • Dual costs
    • Master and sub-problem
    • The structure of the cost function
    • Restrictions on rules
    • Map variables

  • Global constraints
    • Usage
    • Definition
    • Penalty
    • Verification
    • Pitfalls

  • Performance tuning
    • Generation limitating rules
    • Search width limitation
    • Tools to identify problems

  • Questions to APC developers

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Duration

2 days.


Course Material

Copies of overhead slides, exercises with solution suggestions, and relevant manuals will be handed out at the course.

All exercises are done using a generic flight data and rule set ("Carmen Airlines").


Schedule and fee

The course fee is EUR 1800 per person.


Contact

For registration, please send an e-mail to: [email protected]

For further information or suggestions to improvements, please contact:

Kristina Larsdotter-Lane
Manager Operation Consulting
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +46 31 720 81 42
Mobile: +46 704 20 81 42
Fax: +46 31 720 81 20