An Agent Based Model of Passenger Boarding for Examining Commercial Aircraft Boarding Strategies

Authors

Frank W. Ciarallo, Air Force Institute of TechnologyFollow
Raymond R. Hill, Air Force Institute of TechnologyFollow
Kerry K. Ward, Attorney Group, Little Rock, AR

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

12-2019

Abstract

We use an agent-based simulation methodology to study airline passenger boarding using measures that reflect both the customer experience and airline efficiency perspective. This approach supports exploration of models of actual aircraft used in practice and detailed modeling of passenger dynamics. This paper discusses the modeling approach and a set of experiments comparing several boarding strategies from practical settings as well as the literature.

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Source Publication

Journal of Applied Operational Research

Recommended Citation

Ciarallo, F. W., & Hill, R. R. & Ward, K. K. (2019). An agent based model of passenger boarding for examining commercial aircraft boarding strategies. Journal of Applied Operational Research, 11(1): 2-17.