Approaches to Incorporating Robustness into Airline Scheduling
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ICAT-2000-8.pdf
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Author(s)
Ageeva, Yana
Clarke, John-Paul
Date Issued
August 2000
Series/Report no.
ICAT-2000-8
Abstract
The airline scheduling process used by major airlines today aims to develop opti-
mal schedules which maximize revenue. However, these schedules are often far from
\optimal" once deployed in the real world because they do not accurately take into
account possible weather, air tra c control (ATC), and other disruptions that can
occur during operation. The resulting
ight delays and cancellations can cause sig-
ni cant revenue loss, not to mention service disruptions and customer dissatisfaction.
A novel approach to addressing this problem is to design schedules that are robust to
schedule disruptions and can be degraded at any airport location or in any region with
minimal impact on the entire schedule. This research project suggests new methods
for creating more robust airline schedules which can be easily recovered in the face
of irregular operations. We show how to create multiple optimal solutions to the
Aircraft Routing problem and suggest how to evaluate robustness of those solutions.
Other potential methods for increasing robustness of airline schedules are reviewed.
Subjects
airline scheduling
air transportation
scheduling
air traffic control
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