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You should first start reading these great slides from Carl de Macken (ITA Software co-founder, the thing that now powers Google Flights) http://www.demarcken.o

You should first start reading these great slides from Carl de Macken (ITA Software co-founder, the thing that now powers Google Flights) http://www.demarcken.org/carl/papers/ITA-software-travel-complexity/ITA-software-travel-complexity.pdf http://www.demarcken.org/carl/papers/ITA-software-travel-com... …and then decide if you still want to pursue this.

dmbaggett 10y ago
Short answer: you don't!
jaza 10y ago
Great read! Incredibly thorough modelling of all components of the flight ticketing problem space, and of the computational complexities involved. Sets a high bar as an example of how to thoroughly model any search-related problem.