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Title:
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Software Tools to Support Research on Airport Departure Planning |
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Author:
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Carr, Francis R.; Evans, Anthony; Feron, Eric; Clarke, John-Paul |
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Abstract:
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A simple, portable and useful collection of software tools has been developed for the analysis of airport surface traffic. The tools are based on a flexible and robust traffic-flow model, and include calibration, validation and simulation functionality for this model. Several different interfaces have been developed to help promote usage of these tools, including a portable Matlab‘ implementation of the basic algorithms; a web-based interface which provides online access to automated analyses of airport traffic based on a database of real-world operations data which covers over 250 U.S. airports over a 5-year period; and an interactive simulation-based tool currently in use as part of a college-level educational module. More advanced applications for airport departure traffic include taxi-time prediction and evaluation of “windowing” congestion control. |
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URI:
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/37312
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Issue Date:
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2002-10 |
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Keywords:
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software tools, airport surface traffic, air transportation |
