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A binary differential evolution algorithm for airline revenue management: a case study

A.K. Yazdi, M.A. Kaviani, T. Hanne, A. Ramos

Soft computing Vol. 24, nº. 18, pp. 14221 - 14234

Summary:

In the current highly competitive airline market, many companies have failed due to their low revenue rates. For this reason, many of them have to develop strategies to increase their revenue. In this study, we develop revenue management (RM) strategy for the Iranian airline industry. More specifically, we present a mathematical model that considers some conditions not studied in previous research in order to provide a more realistic RM modeling of airlines that fits well for the special characteristics of Iranian Airways. A binary differential evolution algorithm is employed to solve the model due to the stochastic nature of data and the NP-hardness of the considered problem. To generate maximum revenue among the six types of airplanes that fly the four capital cities of Iran, the airline under investigation is advised to operate only 21 flights to those cities and cancel the rest of the flights.


Keywords: Revenue management; Airline industry; Optimization; Binary differential evolution; Booking; Overloading; Cancelation


JCR Impact Factor and WoS quartile: 3,643 - Q2 (2020); 3,100 - Q2 (2023)

DOI reference: DOI icon https://doi.org/10.1007/s00500-020-04790-2

Published on paper: September 2020.

Published on-line: February 2020.



Citation:
A.K. Yazdi, M.A. Kaviani, T. Hanne, A. Ramos, A binary differential evolution algorithm for airline revenue management: a case study. Soft computing. Vol. 24, nº. 18, pp. 14221 - 14234, September 2020. [Online: February 2020]


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