Resource Rationing and Exchange Methods in Air Traffic Management
Motivation for Ground Delay Programs: airline schedules “assume” good weather
Equal Access to Usable Slots: Proportional Random Assignment (PRA)
GDPs as Balanced Just-in-Time Scheduling Problem
Models and Algorithms for Minimizing Deviation from Ideal Allocation
Analysis of Flight Exemptions (Logan Airport)
Current Procedure: Compression
Current Procedure: Compression
Offer Associated with Canceled or Delayed Flights
Problem: Which offers to accept
Cycle = set of mutually compatible set of exchanges
Schedule Movements Associated with Cycle
"Mediated bartering model suggests many..."
1-for-1 trades to 2-for-2 trades
Formulation of general mediator’s problem as set partitioning problem:
Formulation of 2-for-2 trading problem as network flow problem w side constraints:
On-Time (Flight)Performance Airline Performance Function
Improvement Using 2-for-2 Trading System
Results for Total Passenger Delay Airline Performance Function
Final Thought: Options for providing airlines ability to trade-off $$ & delay reductions