Crew scheduling: Difference between revisions

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This was a new method of allowing personnel to create input data that factored in the calculations of the schedules, while still allowing management a level of control over critical business decisions. This has become a standard in the industry. The newest approach to PBS and crew scheduling takes advantage of the interaction possible via the web, which wasn't possible in the 1970s.<ref>http://www.crewingsolutions.com/sites/all/files/resources/SP-WhitePaperPBS.pdf</ref>

Crewmembers and management can interact with schedules and data in a real-time web interface. Status can be seen and acted upon as it develops and changes, rather than requesting or bidding for a schedule once, then waiting to see the outcome. Although that advance itself was revolutionary at the time [[Preferential bidding system|Mr. Boegner developed the mathematical algorithm to do so]], interactive live PBS crew scheduling is the next step. the internet and it's reach are starting to change crew scheduling within the large, global organizations that use it. These organizations are known to be slow moving and reluctant to adopt new technologies, however [<ref>http://www.crewingsolutionscarmensystems.com/contentresearch_development/resources-centerarticles/crtr0303.pdf Live Preferential Bidding Systems] are now becoming"Solving the crewWorld's schedulingLargest systemCrew ofScheduling choice.Problem"</ref>

<ref>http://www.carmensystems.com/research_development/articles/crtr0303.pdf "Solving the World's Largest

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Additional unplanned disruptions in schedules due to weather and [[air traffic control]] delays can disrupt schedules, so crew scheduling software remains an area for ongoing research.<ref>http://www.engr.pitt.edu/~schaefer/Papers/UncertainCrewSched.pdf "[[Airline crew]] Scheduling under Uncertainty"

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