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Can we improve decision making about departure runway assignment? An application of the quadratic assignment and quadratic bottleneck assignment problem

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  • Diana, Tony

    (Manager of the Outreach Division at Federal Aviation Administration, NextGen Collaboration and Messaging Office, USA)

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The Quadratic Assignment Problem (QAP) and its corollary Quadratic Bottleneck Assignment Problem (QBAP) are reputed for being non-deterministic polynomial-time hard (NP-hard) problems. In aviation, they have been used to assign aircraft to gates. This paper, based on the case of Seattle/Tacoma International airport, proposes to illustrate how the QAP and QBAP models can be used to help measure the impact of runway reassignment decisions in terms of tarmac times. This study identifies the global optimal solution for the QAP as a Mixed Integer Linear Programming and the local optimal solution for the QBAP as a Mixed Integer Non-Linear Programming.

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  • Diana, Tony, 2017. "Can we improve decision making about departure runway assignment? An application of the quadratic assignment and quadratic bottleneck assignment problem," Journal of Airport Management, Henry Stewart Publications, vol. 11(3), pages 258-270, July.
    • Handle: RePEc:aza:jam000:y:2017:v:11:i:3:p:258-270
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    Keywords

    quadratic assignment problem; quadratic bottleneck assignment problem; mixed integer linear programming; mixed integer non-linear programming; runway assignment;
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    JEL classification:

    • R4 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics
    • R40 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - Transportation Economics - - - General
    • M1 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration
    • M10 - Business Administration and Business Economics; Marketing; Accounting; Personnel Economics - - Business Administration - - - General

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