Optimal arrival flight sequencing and scheduling using discrete airborne delays

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 359-373

  Eun, Yeonju ^a   Hwang, Inseok ^b   Bang, Hyochoong ^c  

^a Korea Aerospace Research Institute (KARI)   (South Korea)

^b Purdue University   (United States)

^c Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Air traffic management; Combinatorial optimization; Mixed integer linear programming (MILP); Optimal sequencing

Indexed keywords

ARRIVAL FLIGHTS; BEST FIRST SEARCH; BRANCH-AND-BOUND ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATION TIME; DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS; DECOMPOSITION METHODS; DISCRETE DELAY; LAGRANGIAN DUAL; LOWER BOUNDS; MIXED-INTEGER LINEAR PROGRAMMING; OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS; OPTIMAL SEQUENCING; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; OPTIMIZATION VARIABLES; SEQUENCING AND SCHEDULING; SIMULATION RESULT; TERMINAL AREA; TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; ALGORITHMS; COMBINATORIAL OPTIMIZATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; FUZZY CONTROL; INTEGER PROGRAMMING; LAGRANGE MULTIPLIERS; LINEAR MATRIX INEQUALITIES; LINEAR PROGRAMMING; LINEARIZATION;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY;

EID: 77953123216     PISSN: 15249050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TITS.2010.2044791     Document Type: Article

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