In order to reduce the air traffic delay in the terminal area, an immediate remedy is to increase airport capacity by an expansion of the existing runway system. The runway expansion program is often limited by budgetary constraints; the expensive facilities for a long-term improvement cannot be built at once. When a runway improvement strategy is being considered for a longer planning horizon, the investiment decision depends upon the interrelations of its composite periods. The problem, therefore, is to determine how time factor and investment decisions interact to yield an optimal improvement scheme that meets demand at a minimum cost. With this objective in mind, a dynamic programming methodology is employed to determine the optimal planning scheme. Also, an example runway improvement problem is tested to illustrate how a dynamic programming model is practical in actual application.


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    Title :

    Optimizing airport runway improvement program - A dynamic programming approach


    Contributors:
    Yu, J. C. (author) / Gibson, D. R. (author)

    Conference:

    Modeling and simulation. Volume 6


    Publication date :

    1975-01-01


    Type of media :

    Miscellaneous


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English