Evaluating Network Analysis and Agent Based Modeling for Investigating the Stability of Commercial Air Carrier Schedules

<p>For a number of years, the United States Federal Government has been formulating the Next Generation Air Transportation System plans for National Airspace System improvement. These improvements attempt to address air transportation holistically, but often address individual improvements in one arena such as ground or in-flight equipment.</p> <p>In fact, air transportation system designers have had only limited success using traditional Operations Research and parametric modeling approaches in their analyses of innovative operations. They need a systemic methodology for modeling of safety-critical infrastructure that is comprehensive, objective, and sufficiently concrete, yet simple enough to be deployed with reasonable investment. The methodology must also be amenable to quantitative analysis so issues of system safety and stability can be rigorously addressed.</p>

Name thesis:degree_name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Engineering Management & Systems Engineering

Year dc:date.available

2012

Author dc:creator

• Conway, Sheila Ruth

Contributors dc:contributor

• Charles Keating
• Resit Unal
• Ghaith Rabadi
• Jeremiah Creedon

• Air traffic management
• Airline schedules
• Schedule stability
• Aerospace Engineering
• Systems Engineering
• Transportation

Identifier

9781267395986

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:digitalcommons.odu.edu:emse_etds-1059