Robust assignment of airport gates with operational safety constraints

Shuo Liu, Wen Hua Chen, Jiyin Liu

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Abstract

This paper reviews existing approaches to the airport gate assignment problem (AGAP) and presents an optimization model for the problem considering operational safety constraints. The main objective is to minimize the dispersion of gate idle time periods (to get robust optimization) while ensuring appropriate matching between the size of each aircraft and its assigned gate type and avoiding the potential hazard caused by gate apron operational conflict. Genetic algorithm is adopted to solve the problem. An illustrative example is given to show the effectiveness and efficiency of the algorithm. The algorithm performance is further demonstrated using data of a terminal from Beijing Capital International Airport (PEK).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)31-41
Number of pages11
JournalInternational Journal of Automation and Computing
Volume13
Issue number1
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Feb 2016

Keywords

  • conflict avoidance
  • Gate assignment problem
  • genetic algorithm
  • operational safety constraints
  • robust optimization

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Modelling and Simulation
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics

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