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Optimization of Air Transport Process

Type of study Follow-up Master
Language of instruction Czech
Code 342-0698/02
Abbreviation OPLD
Course title Optimization of Air Transport Process
Credits 3
Coordinating department Institute of Transport
Course coordinator doc. Ing. Dušan Teichmann, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Optimization of the destination portfolio of a regional airport.
2. Hub and spoke system and its use in creating a route network of network air carriers.
3. Searching for transport routes with a minimum number of transfers, analysis of transfer rates in airline networks.
4. Time coordination of flights at hub airports.
5. Minimization of the number of check-in counters at the airport I - heuristic solution (graph coloring).
6. Minimization of the number of check-in counters at the airport II - model (graph coloring).
7. Optimization of aircraft fleet deployment.
8. Flow problems in transport networks (interval-valued networks).
9. Optimization problem of flight coverage by a minimum number of aircraft - method for finding the minimum flow.
10. Optimization problem of flight coverage by a minimum number of aircraft - mathematical model.
11. Optimization problem Gate Assignment Problem.
12. Optimization problem Aicraft Landing Problem.
13. Reserve.

Literature

WANDELT, S.; SUN, X.: Air Transport: A Computer Science Perspective. Elsevier, 2025, 454 s. ISBN: 978-044-3451-50-8 

Advised literature

DELAHAYE, D.; PUECHMOREL, S.: Modeling and Optimization of Air Traffic. Wiley, 2013, 352 s. ISBN 978-1-118-74371-3 
HU, Y.; WANG, S.; ZHANG., S.; LI, Z. Review of optimization problems, models and methods for airline disruption management from 2010 to 2024. Harbin: Harbin Engineering University - School of Economics and Management
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