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Commercial
Airport Operations
Resource planning, allocation,
and scheduling for airport
operations
• English-like rule (constraint) statements
• Constraint-directed search
• Blackboard architecture
• Visualization of plans and schedules
Status
• Many deployed
knowledge-intensive applications
including airline and airport resource
management, operations, maintenance
scheduling, personnel
• Installed at 20 airports
• In regular use by 5 airlines
Impact
• Dynamic, fast rescheduling
almost instantaneous
generation of new
schedules in response to
changing conditions
• Intuitive, “easy to understand” results
• Saves money
e.g.,
recent $20K mod for minimal ramp paths saved one airline $100K/day at one US airport
• Adapted for DART during ODS
Equipment
Gates
Stands
Personnel
Check-in
Counters
Baggage
Belts
Slots
Runways
Spin-Ons