Originally Posted by
RGS5526
Scheduling is a variation of the "Knapsack" or "machine loading" problem, rather than the "travelling salesman", but both are classed as "hard" computational problems with no easy general solution. Brute force (and perhaps a bit of experience) is needed in general, although a solution somewhere near the best can often be found in less than polynomial time.
Thanks. Not my area of expertise as I said. Is it known (estimated / proven) in "Big O" notation? With specific reference to airlines rather than spherical bovine
Thanks in advance