STOCHASTIC MODELING OF AIRPORT PROCESSING--REGIONAL AIRPORT PASSENGER PROCESSING

The construction and validation of a mathematical airport model which can be used as a homework for the analysis of the processing activities of a regional airport in an aggregate manner was described. The model tends to be statistical because of the nature of processing at airport terminals. For design purposes, the models are tailored to fit into an interactive design process for airport terminals. Three main techniques are considered: analytical queueing theory, deterministic queueing theory and simulation. A limited set of queueing models of airport processing, both landside and airside activities, was developed. Empirical information obtained from airport surveys was used to validate the proposed model of passenger processing.

• Corporate Authors:

  Loughborough University of Technology

  Department of Transport Technology
  Loughborough,   England 
• Authors:
  • Bennetts, D
  • Hawkins, N M
  • O'LEARY, M
  • McGinity, P D
  • Ashford, N
• Publication Date: 1975-7

Media Info

• Pagination: 214 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Airport capacity; Airports; Intermodal terminals; Landside capacity; Mathematical models; Passengers; Queuing; Regional transportation; Simulation; Stochastic processes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Airspace capacity; Regional airports
• Old TRIS Terms: Deterministic theory; Terminal facilitation
• Subject Areas: Aviation; Data and Information Technology; Passenger Transportation; Planning and Forecasting; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00155837
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Sep 28 1977 12:00AM