Methods for Operations Planning in Airport Decision Support Systems

Simulation and decision support tools can help airport ground controllers to improve surface operations and safety, leading to enhancements in the process of traffic flow management. In this paper, two planning approaches for automatically finding the best routes and sequences for demanded operation...

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Published in:Applied intelligence (Dordrecht, Netherlands) Netherlands), 2005-05, Vol.22 (3), p.183-206
Main Authors: Herrero, Jes s Garc a, Berlanga, Antonio, Molina, Jos M., Casar, Jos R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Air traffic control
Airports
Computer applications
Decision support systems
Flow management
Methods
Studies
Traffic control
Traffic flow
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Summary:Simulation and decision support tools can help airport ground controllers to improve surface operations and safety, leading to enhancements in the process of traffic flow management. In this paper, two planning approaches for automatically finding the best routes and sequences for demanded operations are proposed and analyzed. These approaches are integrated into a general decision support system architecture. The problem addressed is the global management of departure operations, moving aircraft along airport taxiways between gate positions and runways. Two global optimization approaches have been developed together with a suitable problem representation: a modified time-space flow algorithm and a genetic algorithm, both aimed at minimizing the total ground delay. The capability and performance of these planning techniques have been illustrated on simulated samples of ground operations at Madrid Barajas International Airport.[PUBLICATION ABSTRACT]
ISSN:0924-669X
1573-7497
DOI:10.1007/s10791-005-6618-z