Browsing Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics by Subject "Reservation systems"

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    • Airline overbooking performance measurement 

      Holm, Carsten ([Cambridge, MA : Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics], Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1995], 1995)
      Since the "product" of an airline cannot be stored, the value of every seat which is left empty upon departure is lost forever or "spoiled". In order to compensate for the economic effects of passengers holding a confirmed ...

    • Airline reservations forecasting : probabilistic and statistical models of the booking process 

      Lee, Anthony Owen (Cambridge, Mass. : Flight Transportation Laboratory, Dept. of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [1990], 1990)
      In this thesis, we develop the necessary statistical framework to produce accurate forecasts of total bookings in a particular fare class on a specific flight number departing on a given date at various points before ...

    • Comparison of optimization techniques for origin-destination seat inventory control 

      Williamson, Elizabeth Louise ([Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology], Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1988], 1988)
      Airlines have recently realized the importance of an effective seat inventory control system on revenues and profits. Yet, at the same time, there is a lack of practical optimization models for determining the number of ...

    • Evaluation of forecasting techniques for short-term demand of air transportation 

      Wickham, Richard Robert ([Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics], Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1995], 1995)
      Forecasting is arguably the most critical component of airline management. Essentially, airlines forecast demand to plan the supply of services to respond to that demand. Forecasts of short-term demand facilitate tactical ...

    • Papers from the MIT-industry Cooperative Research Program, 1989 : proceedings of the annual meeting held at MIT 

      Zabat, Grace Lyn Buenaventura.; Williamson, Elizabeth Louise.; Lee, Anthony Owen.; Kolb, Mark A.; Karlsson, Joakim; e.a. (Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1989], 1989)

    • Reservations forecasting in airline yield management 

      Sa, Joao (Cambridge, MA : Flight Transportation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [1987], 1987)
      This report shows the application of Regression Analysis in reservations forecasting in airline yield management. The first three chapters highlight the need for yield management and the automation of seat inventory control. ...

    • The sell up potential of airline demand 

      Bohutinsky, Catherine H. (Cambridge, Mass. : Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Aeronautics & Astronautics, Flight Transportation Laboratory, [1990], 1990)
      Differential pricing of air transportation plays an important role in the current theories of airline seat inventory management. The ability to recognize those passengers willing to "sell up". or pay more for a seat on a ...

    • TWA reservations analysis : project update -- demand distribution patterns 

      Belobaba, Peter ([Cambridge, Mass.] : Flight Transportation Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, [1985], 1985)
      Background: Research into airline capacity management and yield optimization at the Flight Transportation Laboratory is being performed with the support and funding of the Cooperative Research Program. The focus of this ...