Implementation of an Optimization and Simulation-Based Approach for Detecting and Resolving Conflicts at Airport

Paolo Maria Scala (1) , Miguel Antonio Mujica Mota (2) , Daniel Delahaye (3, 4)

1 HvA - Hogeschool van Amsterdam
2 Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
3 IMT - Institut de Mathématiques de Toulouse UMR5219
4 MAIAA - ENAC - Laboratoire de Mathématiques Appliquées, Informatique et Automatique pour l'Aérien

In this paper is presented a methodology that uses simulation together with optimization techniques for a conflict detection and resolution at airports. This approach provides more robust solutions to operative problems, since, optimization allows to come up with optimal or suboptimal solutions, on the other hand, simulation allows to take into account other aspects as stochasticity and interactions inside the system. Both the airport airspace (terminal manoeuvring area), and airside (runway taxiways and terminals), were modelled. In this framework, different restrictions such as speed, separation minima between aircraft, and capacity of airside components were taken into account. The airspace was modeled as a network of links and nodes representing the different routes, while the airside was modeled in a low detail, where runway, taxiways and terminals were modeled as servers with a specific capacity. The objective of this work is to detect and resolve conflicts both in the airspace and in the airside and have a balanced traffic load on the ground.

Mots clés: Modeling; Simulation; Airport; Optimization

Domaines: Optimisation et contrôle [math.OC]

Paolo Maria Scala, Miguel Antonio Mujica Mota, Daniel Delahaye. Implementation of an Optimization and Simulation-Based Approach for Detecting and Resolving Conflicts at Airport. EUROSIM 2016, 9th Eurosim Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Sep 2016, Oulu, Finland. pp.ISBN 978-91-7685-399-3, ⟨10.3384/ecp17142⟩. ⟨hal-01348943⟩