Taxi planning: a multiobjective oriented network design model for on ground aircraft's routing management

Abstract

In this paper a network design model is presented for the problem of how to define an optimal airport topology in order to attend the conflicting movements of the aircrafts on ground during short to medium planning periods and taking into account the dynamic aspects of their interfering movements. Given a set of decision variables affecting the airport’s topology, the model balances a set of conflicting objectives or factors and their results are compared with the routing decisions taken from real data. The model is primarily solved using ”B&B” and the multicriteria approach presented is investigated using real test networks.