23rd Congress of International Council of the Aeronautical Sciences, 8-13 September, 2002, Toronto, Canada
Paper ICAS 2002-7.7.1

A CONTRIBUTION TO PROACTIVELY PLANNING AND MANAGING AIRPORT GROUND TRAFFIC USING A STOCHASTIC MODELLING APPROACH

T. Busacker, M. Fricke
Technical University Berlin, Germany

Keywords: airport ground traffic, decision logic, stochastic model

A model is presented to describe airport ground traffic with a view to apron controller decision support. Ground traffic controllers' decision logic is formalized. This is developed into a stochastic model, which takes into account the stochastic nature of traffic processes on the apron. This will ultimately allow a more robust capacity prediction of the airport apron.

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