Research Article

A Column Generation Based Hyper-Heuristic to the Bus Driver Scheduling Problem

Table 3

Comparative results against the best known schedules.

ProblemUsed method Number of duties Deviation% Times

A1PTA/LPa1200.10
TA/LP120.30
SAc121.90
SA_20d1235.48
CGBHe1210.58

A2PTA/LP2004.63
TA/LP2041.64
SA2042.87
SA_2020949.04
CGBH2039.53

A3PTA/LP402.51.88
TA/LP404.98
SA407.60
SA_2040173.26
CGBH41150.25

A4PTA/LP811.2370.90
TA/LP82229.68
SA85199.86
SA_20833749.02
CGBH821309.07

A5PTA/LP1456.896567.80
TA/LP1516717.30
SA1537061.52
SA_20153143565.20
CGBH1554038.13

Average2.12

Population training algorithm/linear programming with more iterative.
bPopulation training algorithm/linear programming with few iterative.
cSimulated annealing.
dSimulated annealing with 20 executions.
eColunm generation based hyper-heuristic approach.