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Track: Defense and Intelligence
Peiwu Zhao
Esri
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Buyang Cao, Xinnong Yang, Kenneth Bible
An Integrated Application of GIS Software and Operations Research Techniques for the Aircraft Parking Problem
This paper describes the methodology and techniques used in solving the aircraft parking problem. The objective of this problem is to maximize the utilization of aprons that provide for parking areas for fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft. Based on aircraft parking arrangements, lateral clearance standards, grades, and other associated considerations specified for various aviation facilities, area must be reserved in the apron for necessary maneuvering, and access and exit to parking positions, and space must be included in the parking area for safe and controlled movement of aircraft under their own power. To achieve the objective while satisfying the standard requirements, we designed an efficient algorithm that first identifies a series of rectangles in parking aprons, and then finds an optimal parking pattern in these rectangles. Our algorithm considers the parking priority when there are different types of aircraft and can handle any irregularly shaped aprons. This algorithm is further enhanced by a
"what if" analysis to reflect the impact on the parking plan due to changed scenarios such as when a special type of aircraft is added or the parking space is reduced by hazardous cargo clearance area. We used Esri products for data conversion, user interface, and resulting parking layout display. The application was written in AML and C and was implemented on Windows NT.
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