Conclusion

Springer eBooks, pp. 545–554

Abstract

Abstract We have reached the final chapter to conclude this great and hazardous adventure of writing a book on the column generation algorithm, Dantzig-Wolfe reformulations, and resolution of integer linear programs, indeed, the branch-and-price approach. We begin with a brief history of the research activities carried out over five decades by the Montréal group GENCOL, then look to the future.

Authors 4

1. Jacques Desrosiers corresponding

   HEC Montréal · Group for Research in Decision Analysis

   Affiliation as printed

   GERAD and Département de sciences de la décision, HEC Montréal, Montréal, Canada

2. Marco E. Lübbecke Aachen GERAD and School of Business and Economics

   RWTH Aachen University

   Affiliation as printed

   GERAD and School of business and economics, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

3. Guy Desaulniers

   Polytechnique Montréal · Group for Research in Decision Analysis

   Affiliation as printed

   GERAD and Département de mathématiques et de génie industriel, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Canada

4. Jean Bertrand Gauthier
   Affiliation as printed

   Mainz, Germany