Scheduling

Optimization of Maintenance Planning for a Fleet of Commercial Aircraft in Collaboration with Bombardier Aerospace

Project Leader(s): 

Postdoctoral fellow: Dr. Nima Safaei, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto

Lead faculty member: Dr. Andrew K.S. Jardine, Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto

The research is aimed at providing effective long-term resource planning to effective scheduling of the maintenance tasks over a short-term horizon. The Bombardier Company provides the necessary requirements to the customers around the world to do the predefined maintenance tasks as well as unexpected repair jobs for their aircraft fleet. These services are performed as onsite or offsite, i.e., different centres or stations.

Non-academic participants: 

Integrated Equipment and Personnel Scheduling

Project Leader(s): 

Dr. François Soumis, (École Polytechnique de Montréal)

Project team: 
Dr. Guy Desaulniers Guy, (École Polytechnique de Montréal)
Dr. Pierre Baptiste, (École Polytechnique de Montréal)
Dr. Jacques Desrosiers, (HEC Montréal)
Dr. Alain Hertz, (École Polytechnique de Montréal)
Dr. Sophie D’Amours, (Université Laval)
Funding period: 
April 1, 2004 - March 31, 2005

Automated Design of Heuristic Algorithms from Components

Project Leader(s): 

Dr. Holger H. Hoos , University of British Columbia

Project team: 
Dr. Kevin Leyton-Brown, University of British Columbia
Non-academic participants: 
Funding period: 
April 1, 2009 - March 31, 2011