Print Email Facebook Twitter Decentralization in Air Transportation Title Decentralization in Air Transportation Author Udluft, H. (TU Delft Air Transport & Operations) Contributor Curran, R. (promotor) Sharpanskykh, Alexei (copromotor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Date 2017-12-12 Abstract In this work,we demonstrate that decentralized control can result in stable, efficient, and robust operations in the Air Transportation System. We implement decentralized control for aircraft taxiing operations and use Agent-Based Modeling and Simulation to analyze the resulting system behavior Decentralized controllers at each intersection of the airport taxiway system autonomously guide aircraft through the system. They achieve conflict-free operations with a minimum amount of information, coordinate their actions to improve system performance, and can dynamically accommodate disruptions such as runway configuration changes. Subject Air TransportationDecentralized ControlAirport SurfaceMovementAircraft TaxiingAirport PerformanceAgent-Based Modeling and Simulation To reference this document use: https://doi.org/10.4233/uuid:2af25aa3-be84-4d37-9332-fe2af319db1e ISBN 978-94-028-0885-8 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type doctoral thesis Rights © 2017 H. Udluft Files PDF dissertation_2017_12_10.pdf 9.48 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:2af25aa3-be84-4d37-9332-fe2af319db1e/datastream/OBJ/view