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Reference for column generation applications

When talking about column generation algorithms, the main example is the cutting stock problem. I'm aware that variations of vehicle routing problem (VRP) can be solved using a column generation approach. What are some other problems where column generation-based approaches have been applied successfully? References are really appreciated.

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A nice comprehensive collection on applications can be found in the book by Desaulniers, Desrosiers and Solomon: Column Generation. It features articles about

Shortest Path Problems with Resource Constraints
Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows
Cutting Stock Problems
Large-Scale Models in the Airline Industry
Robust Inventory Ship Routing by Column Generation
Ship Scheduling with Recurring Visits and Visit Separation Requirements
Job Shop Scheduling
Machine Scheduling

Also the paper Selected Topics in Column Generation has some examples on page 3. (DOI link)

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Every four years (year mod 4 = 0) there is an international Column Generation conference,  alternated with a school on column generation, also every four years (year mod 4 = 2), (e.g. school in 2018, workshop in 2016, etc.),
You can find plenty of applications there.

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Axel Parmentier's thesis discuss about application in some airline operations problems.
You didn't really ask for it, but for reference about VRP related problem, see Feillet (2010) and Pessoa et al. (2019)
Reference:
Parmentier, Axel. “Algorithms for shortest path and airline problems.” Université Paris-Est, 2016.
Feillet, Dominique. “A Tutorial on Column Generation and Branch-and-Price for Vehicle Routing Problems.” 4OR 8, no. 4 (December 2010): 407–24.
Pessoa, Artur, Ruslan Sadykov, Eduardo Uchoa, and François Vanderbeck. “A Generic Exact Solver for Vehicle Routing and Related Problems.” In Integer Programming and Combinatorial Optimization, edited by Andrea Lodi and Viswanath Nagarajan, 11480:354–69. Cham: Springer International Publishing, 2019.

