Modeling airline frequency competition for airport congestion mitigation

Transportation Science

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 512-535

  Vaze, Vikrant ^a   Barnhart, Cynthia ^a  

^a Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge   (United States)

Author keywords

Airline scheduling; Airport congestion; Competition and game theory

Indexed keywords

AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL; AIR TRANSPORTATION; AIRPORTS; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; TRANSPORTATION;

AIRLINE FREQUENCIES; AIRLINE SCHEDULING; AIRPORT CONGESTION; GAME-THEORETIC MODEL; MODEL PREDICTION; SLOT ALLOCATION; SMALL REDUCTION; SUBSTANTIAL REDUCTION;

GAME THEORY;

EID: 84871433252     PISSN: 00411655     EISSN: 15265447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/trsc.1120.0412     Document Type: Article

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