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Mechanism behind phase transitions in airplane boarding process

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  • ShengJie Qiang

    (MOE Key Laboratory for Urban Transportation, Complex Systems Theory and Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China)

  • Bin Jia

    (MOE Key Laboratory for Urban Transportation, Complex Systems Theory and Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China)

  • QingXia Huang

    (MOE Key Laboratory for Urban Transportation, Complex Systems Theory and Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China)

  • ZiYou Gao

    (MOE Key Laboratory for Urban Transportation, Complex Systems Theory and Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing 100044, China)

Abstract

A simple airplane boarding model is built much like an asymmetric exclusion process (ASEP). The dynamics of the model is constrained by local interference between passengers and global seat assignments for individuals. We perform extensive Monte Carlo simulations by using a parallel update rule to determine quantities like boarding time and sequence correlation. Our results clarify the scaling behavior in boarding process and identify a critical value of arrival time interval for boarding time threshold. Three different phases (steady, intermediate and linear) with respect to the boarding time are distinguished and the mechanism behind phase transition is further discussed.

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  • ShengJie Qiang & Bin Jia & QingXia Huang & ZiYou Gao, 2016. "Mechanism behind phase transitions in airplane boarding process," International Journal of Modern Physics C (IJMPC), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 27(06), pages 1-12, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijmpcx:v:27:y:2016:i:06:n:s0129183116500613
    DOI: 10.1142/S0129183116500613
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    1. Hutter, Leonie & Jaehn, Florian & Neumann, Simone, 2019. "Influencing factors on airplane boarding times," Omega, Elsevier, vol. 87(C), pages 177-190.
    2. Picchi Scardaoni, Marco & Magnacca, Fabio & Massai, Andrea & Cipolla, Vittorio, 2021. "Aircraft turnaround time estimation in early design phases: Simulation tools development and application to the case of box-wing architecture," Journal of Air Transport Management, Elsevier, vol. 96(C).

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