Optimizing aircraft departure and arrival sequencing using genetic algorithms

• Main Author: Ng, Timothy Jefferson Wei Han
• Other Authors: Khoo Li Pheng
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering; DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Air navigation; DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Accidents and air safety; DRNTU::Business::Management::Mathematical models; DRNTU::Engineering::Aeronautical engineering::Aviation
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/61303
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

With a major increase in air transport projected over the next few decades, there is an increasing need for airports to fully utilize their throughput by minimizing the time required for a given set of aircraft to land on a runway. The aim of this study is to develop a novel algorithm to opt...