Dealing with the efficient allocation of scarce resources at congested airports

Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 244-256

  Zografos, Konstantinos G ^a   Salouras, Yiannis ^a   Madas, Michael A ^a  

^a ATHENS UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Airport congestion; Airport scheduling; Slot allocation

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIR TRANSPORTATION; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; EFFICIENCY; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

AIRPORT CONGESTION; CAPACITY ALLOCATION; EFFICIENT ALLOCATIONS; INITIAL ALLOCATIONS; INTERNATIONAL AIR TRANSPORT ASSOCIATION; OPERATIONAL CONSTRAINTS; PROBLEM COMPLEXITY; SLOT ALLOCATION;

AIRPORTS;

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRLINE INDUSTRY; AIRPORT; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEM; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EUROPEAN UNION; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

GREECE;

EID: 82055165377     PISSN: 0968090X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.trc.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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