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                                                     Joint Seminar

                         Department of Computer Science and Engineering

                                                          And

             Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management
                                  The Chinese University of Hong Kong

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Title

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Operations Research in the Airline Industry

 

 

 

Speaker

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Dr. Ronald Chu

 

 

American Airlines

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date

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December 14h, 2007 (Friday)

 

 

 

Time

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5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

 

 

 

Venue

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Room 513

 

 

William M.W. Mong Engineering Building

 

 

(Engineering Building Complex Phase 2)

 

 

CUHK

 

 

 

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Abstract:
 

This talk gives an overview of how operations research is applied to the planning and operation phases for an airline. It discusses various challenges faced by the airline in the strategic, tactic, and operational areas, and how people use various OR techniques to model and provide recommendations to the business units. Examples of topics covered are: strategic planning, flight schedule and network generation, capacity planning, revenue and profit forecasting, yield management, crew scheduling, airport operations, and disruption handling. Lastly, we will discuss the challenges ahead of OR practitioners in this field and some hot topics people are pursuing.


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Biography:
 

Ron graduated from HKU in the Mechanical Engineering Department. He worked for several years in the shipping industry before pursuing graduate studies in the US. He obtained a Master Degree in Technology and Policy, a Master Degree in Operations Research, and a PhD degree in Ocean Systems Management, all from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. After graduation, he joined the transportation consultant group Sabre as a consultant for the airline industry. He has since consulted on numerous airline OR projects for American Airlines. He is now a Principal in American Airlines Operations Research and Decision Science group, and serving as a chief technical advisor to AA Capacity Planning Department.


************************* ALL ARE WELCOME ************************

 

 

 

Host

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Prof. Leung, May-Yee, Janny , Prof. Jimmy Lee

Tel

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(852) 2609 8238

Email

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janny@se.cuhk.edu.hk

 

 

 

Enquiries

:

Prof. Nan Chen or Prof. Sean X. Zhou

 

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Department of Systems Engineering and Engineering Management

 

 

CUHK

Website

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http://www.se.cuhk.edu.hk/~seg5810

Email

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seg5810@se.cuhk.edu.hk

 

 

 

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