Title :
Management and control of a complex airport terminal
Author :
Hassan, Mohamed F. ; Younis, Mohamed I. ; Sultan, Mohamed A.
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Cairo Univ., Egypt
Abstract :
Hierarchical control theory is applied to the problem of management of passengers and luggage in an airport terminal. For this purpose, the airport system is analyzed and a mathematical model representing the dynamics of the controlled sections is proposed. A well-known interaction prediction method is utilized to achieve optimal performance of the system through the minimization of the queue lengths and hence the waiting time of passengers. Simulation results from a case study of Cairo Airport are presented and discussed
Keywords :
airports; hierarchical systems; materials handling; Cairo Airport; complex airport terminal; hierarchical control; interaction prediction method; luggage management; optimal performance; passenger management; queue length minimization; Air transportation; Airports; Control theory; Delay; Dispatching; Freight handling; Mathematical model; Minimization methods; Prediction methods; Queueing analysis;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man and Cybernetics, 1989. Conference Proceedings., IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1989.71296
