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Capacity management schemes for dual cabin aircraft : airline revenue management insights
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
The selection of an aircraft type has long term effects on the competitive position of the airline. In a market that is continuously evolving, such as the commercial aviation industry, any degree of flexibility for adjusting ...
ChangiNOW : a mobile application for efficient taxi allocation at airports
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2013)
The important role that taxis play in bringing passengers from an airport terminal to their final destination is often overlooked in airport operations and design. Due to varying flight arrival patterns at different ...
Service network design optimization for Army Aviation lift planning
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
The need for optimized aviation lift planning is becoming increasingly important as the United States and her allies participate in the Global War on Terror (GWOT). As part of a comprehensive effort, our nation's fighting ...
Understanding government and railroad strategy for crude oil transportation in North America
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2014)
On July 6, 2013, an oil-laden unit train derailed and exploded in Lac-Megantic, Quebec, Canada, killing 47 people, shocking and saddening many, and leading to significantly increased public scrutiny of crude oil transported ...
Real time toll optimization based on predicted traffic conditions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)
Road pricing is an effective method of demand management. Pricing on highway managed lanes is usually implemented as time-of-day or dynamic tolling in practice. Toll rates are usually updated according to latest traffic ...
Transit fare policy : use of automated data to improve incremental decision making
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)
Incremental changes in fare policy can have substantial and long-term impacts on transit ridership and revenue, but they are often driven by near-term revenue needs and determined within short time frames with limited ...
Factors affecting public support of transportation policies : using an international survey and hybrid discrete choice modeling
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
What transportation policies do people support? What factors affect people's policy support? Detangling people's support of transportation policies is a way to understand public needs, to understand how the public evaluates ...
Calibrating activity-based travel demand model system via microsimulation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
This thesis addresses the problem of calibrating activity-based travel demand model systems. After estimation, it is common practice to use aggregate measurements to calibrate the estimated model system's parameters. ...
Airline revenue management for continuous pricing : class-based and classless methods
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
The development of the New Distribution Capability for airlines has raised interest within the airline industry in "continuous pricing", where fares offered to customers are not limited to a set of pre-determined price ...
Impact of Japanese high-speed rail extension on aviation : a case study
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)
Since the 1964 introduction of high-speed rail in Japan, intercity transportation has largely been provided by high-speed rail and aviation. As new lines have been added to the high-speed rail network-further enhancing ...