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Book A Stochastic and Dynamic Model of Delay Propagation Within an Airport Network for Policy Analysis

Download or read book A Stochastic and Dynamic Model of Delay Propagation Within an Airport Network for Policy Analysis written by Nikolaos Pyrgiotis and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As demand for air travel increases over the years and many busy airports operate close to their capacity limits, congestion at some airports on any given day can quickly spread throughout the National Aviation System (NAS). It is therefore increasingly important to study the operation of large networks of airports as a group and to understand better the interactions among them under a wide range of conditions. This thesis develops a fundamental tool for this purpose, enhances it with several capabilities designed to address issues of particular interest, and presents some early insights and observations on the system-wide impacts of various scenarios of network-wide scope. We first describe an analytical queuing and network decomposition model for the study of delays and delay propagation in a large network of airports. The Airport Network Delays (AND) model aims to bridge the gap in the existing modeling tools between micro-simulations that track aircraft itineraries, but require extensive resources and computational effort, and macroscopic models that are simple to use, but typically lack aircraft itinerary tracking capabilities and credible queuing models of airport congestion. AND operates by iterating between its two main components: a queuing engine (QE), which is a stochastic and dynamic queuing model that treats each airport in the network as a M(t)/Ek(t)/1 queuing system and is used to compute delays at individual airports and a delay propagation algorithm (DPA) that updates flight schedules and demand rates at all the airports in the model in response to the local delays computed by the QE. We apply AND to two networks, one consisting of the 34 busiest airports in the United States and the other of the 19 busiest in Europe. As part of the development of AND, we perform a statistical analysis of the minimum ground turn-around times of aircraft, one of the fundamental variables that determine delay propagation. In addition, we show that the QE, with proper calibration, can model very accurately the airport departure process, predicting delays at two major US airports within 10% of observed values. We also validate the AND model on a network-wide scale against field data reported by the FAA. Finally, we present insights into the complex interactions through which delays propagate through a network of airports and the often-counterintuitive consequences. In the third part of the thesis, we present two important extensions of the AND model designed to expand its usability and applicability. First, in order to provide a more accurate representation of NAS operations, we develop an algorithm that replicates quite accurately the execution of Ground Delay Programs (GDPs). The algorithm operates consistently with the rules of the Collaborative Decision-Making (CDM) process under which GDPs are currently conducted in the United States. The second extension is the implementation in AND of a deterministic queuing engine (D(t)/D(t)/1) which can be used as an alternative to the original stochastic QE. This deterministic model can be used to study delay-related performance in a future system that operates at a higher level of predictability than the current one, as the one envisioned by FAA in the Next Generation Air Transportation System. In the final part of the thesis we describe a Mixed Integer optimization model for studying the impact of introducing slot controls at busy airports. The model generates new flight schedules at airports by reducing the number of available slots, while respecting all existing aircraft itineraries and preserving all passenger connections. We test the model at Newark Airport (EWR) and conclude that, with a small schedule displacement (less than 30 minutes for any flight during the day), it is possible to obtain a feasible schedule that obeys slot limits that are as low as the IFR capacity of the airport. We test the new schedule in AND and find that the local delay savings that would result from "slot-controlling" EWR in this way are of the order of 10% for arrivals and of 50% for departures, while we may also expect a reduction of 23% in propagated delays to the rest of the US network of airports.

Book An Advanced Time dependent Queueing Model for Airport Delay Analysis

Download or read book An Advanced Time dependent Queueing Model for Airport Delay Analysis written by Emily Jane Roth and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Introduction: In the past several years many attempts have been made to model the probabilistic nature of airport runway operations using a queueing-theoretic approach to runway modeling. Early studies were limited by computational considerations to examination of systems only once they reached "steady state". These models were unable to reflect the characteristic hourly "rises" and "falls" of demand for runway use at major airports. Koopman was the first to include time-varying demand in a queueing model of a runway. He examined simple M(t)/M/l and M(t)/D/1 models with planes awaiting landing or takeoff placed in a single common queue. By using advanced numerical techniques he showed that the airport system equations can be solved recursively through the computer to exhibit the system behavior as a function of time. A later study by Hengsbach and Odoni extended these models to include the case of k independent runways. This study also resulted in a set of computer programs which increased tremendously the computational efficiency of this approach. In this report we explore, for the first time, time-dependent queueing-theoretic models in which landing and departing aircraft are kept in separate queues. This allows explicit acknowledgement of various sequencing strategies by air traffic controllers and computation of separate statistics for delays to landings and to takeoffs. The report is organized into several basic sections. Expanding on an idea introduced by Koopman, we begin with the development of a basic two-queue runway model under time-varying demand. We then present an extended model which more realistically reflects actual airport runway situations. Third, results from an experimental investigation with these models are presented, including comparisons with the earlier single-queue model. Section 4 is a discussion of the expected delay to aircraft in these two-queue systems. Finally, we mention some simple extensions and suggest directions for further study.

Book Analyszing passenger delays due to airport congestion  a systems simulation approach

Download or read book Analyszing passenger delays due to airport congestion a systems simulation approach written by James T. Low and Martin R. Warshaw and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Defining and Measuring Aircraft Delay and Airport Capacity Thresholds

Download or read book Defining and Measuring Aircraft Delay and Airport Capacity Thresholds written by and published by Transportation Research Board. This book was released on 2014 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "TRB's Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP) Report 104: Defining and Measuring Aircraft Delay and Airport Capacity Thresholds offers guidance to help airports understand, select, calculate, and report measures of delay and capacity. The report describes common metrics, identifies data sources, recommends metrics based on an airport's needs, and suggests ways to potentially improve metrics."--Publisher's description.

Book Simulation Modeling Handbook

Download or read book Simulation Modeling Handbook written by Christopher A. Chung and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2003-07-15 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The use of simulation modeling and analysis is becoming increasingly more popular as a technique for improving or investigating process performance. This book is a practical, easy-to-follow reference that offers up-to-date information and step-by-step procedures for conducting simulation studies. It provides sample simulation project support materi

Book Introduction to Transportation Analysis  Modeling and Simulation

Download or read book Introduction to Transportation Analysis Modeling and Simulation written by Dietmar P.F. Möller and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-13 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive textbook/reference provides an in-depth overview of the key aspects of transportation analysis, with an emphasis on modeling real transportation systems and executing the models. Topics and features: presents comprehensive review questions at the end of each chapter, together with detailed case studies, useful links, references and suggestions for further reading; supplies a variety of teaching support materials at the book’s webpage on Springer.com, including a complete set of lecture slides; examines the classification of models used for multimodal transportation systems, and reviews the models and evaluation methods used in transportation planning; explains traffic assignment to road networks, and describes computer simulation integration platforms and their use in the transportation systems sector; provides an overview of transportation simulation tools, and discusses the critical issues in the design, development and use of the simulation models.

Book Air Transport System Analysis and Modelling

Download or read book Air Transport System Analysis and Modelling written by Milan Janic and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2000-12-21 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a comprehensive coverage, Air Transport System Analysis and Modelling is a unique text dealing with the analysis and modelling of the processes and operations carried out in all three parts of the air transport system, namely, airports, air traffic control and airlines. Seen from a planners point of view, this book provides insights into current methods and also gives details of new research. Methods are given for the analysis and modelling of the capacity, quality and economics of the service offered to users and includes illustrative analytical and simulation models of the systems operations supported by an appropriate analysis of real world events and applications. Undergraduates and graduates in the field of air transport planning and technology, applied operations research and applied transport economics will find this book to be of interest, as will specialists involved with transport institutes and consulting firms, policy makers dealing with air transport and the analysts and planners employed at air transport enterprises.

Book Airport Improvement Task Force Delay Study  Delay Model Validation Plan

Download or read book Airport Improvement Task Force Delay Study Delay Model Validation Plan written by William J Dunlay (Jr) and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 55 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A validation plan is presented for an airside simulation model. The plan stresses basic principles of validation and inherent problems associated with comparing simulation model delay estimates with observable real-world data. A methodology is proposed that consists of three major steps: (1) evaluation of model logic, inputs, and outputs; (2) comparison of model estimates with collected data; and (3) a sensitivity analysis of the delay simulation model. A Model Validation Group, established to oversee the validation process, is described. Suggestions are given on sources of data on airside operations for model inputs and for comparisons with model estimates. (Author).

Book Analysis and Modeling of an Airport Departure Process

Download or read book Analysis and Modeling of an Airport Departure Process written by Joseph E. Hebert and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Planning and Design Guidelines for Airport Terminal Facilities

Download or read book Planning and Design Guidelines for Airport Terminal Facilities written by United States. Federal Aviation Administration and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Special Report   Highway Research Board

Download or read book Special Report Highway Research Board written by National Research Council (U.S.). Highway Research Board and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 1086 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics

Download or read book Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics written by Roman Wyrzykowski and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-03-19 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two-volume set LNCS 12043 and 12044 constitutes revised selected papers from the 13th International Conference on Parallel Processing and Applied Mathematics, PPAM 2019, held in Bialystok, Poland, in September 2019. The 91 regular papers presented in these volumes were selected from 161 submissions. For regular tracks of the conference, 41 papers were selected from 89 submissions. The papers were organized in topical sections named as follows: Part I: numerical algorithms and parallel scientific computing; emerging HPC architectures; performance analysis and scheduling in HPC systems; environments and frameworks for parallel/distributed/cloud computing; applications of parallel computing; parallel non-numerical algorithms; soft computing with applications; special session on GPU computing; special session on parallel matrix factorizations. Part II: workshop on language-based parallel programming models (WLPP 2019); workshop on models algorithms and methodologies for hybrid parallelism in new HPC systems; workshop on power and energy aspects of computations (PEAC 2019); special session on tools for energy efficient computing; workshop on scheduling for parallel computing (SPC 2019); workshop on applied high performance numerical algorithms for PDEs; minisymposium on HPC applications in physical sciences; minisymposium on high performance computing interval methods; workshop on complex collective systems. Chapters "Parallel adaptive cross approximation for the multi-trace formulation of scattering problems" and "A High-Order Discontinuous Galerkin Solver with Dynamic Adaptive Mesh Refinement to Simulate Cloud Formation Processes" of LNCS 12043 are available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.

Book Urban Operations Research

Download or read book Urban Operations Research written by Richard C. Larson and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 1981 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Analytical and Simulation Studies of Terminal area Air Traffic Control

Download or read book Analytical and Simulation Studies of Terminal area Air Traffic Control written by L. A. Asadourian and published by . This book was released on 1954 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Modeling and Simulation

Download or read book Modeling and Simulation written by and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 664 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: