Optimizing gate assignments at airport terminals

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice

Volumn 32A, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 437-454

  Haghani, Ali ^a   Chen, Min Ching ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR TRANSPORT; GATE ASSIGNMENT; TRANSPORT PERFORMANCE;

BAGGAGE HANDLING; COMPUTER SIMULATION; EXPERT SYSTEMS; HEURISTIC METHODS; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; PROBLEM SOLVING;

GATE ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM (GAP); QUADRATIC ASSIGNMENT PROBLEM (QAP);

AIRPORTS;

EID: 0032141534     PISSN: 09658564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0965-8564(98)00005-6     Document Type: Article

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