Optimal assignment of airport baggage unloading zones to outgoing flights

Edward Huang, Pratik Mital, Marc Goetschalckx and Kan Wu

Transportation Research Part E: Logistics and Transportation Review, 2016, vol. 94, issue C, 110-122

Abstract: The outbound airport baggage handling system (BHS) consists of a set of unloading zones (chutes) which are assigned to outgoing flights. Airport baggage operations have inherent uncertainties such as flight delays and varying number of bags. In this paper, the chute assignment problem is modeled as a Stochastic Vector Assignment Problem (SVAP) and multiple extensions are presented to incorporate the various design needs of the airport. A real airport outbound BHS is presented. This case study also guided the optimization models’ design process. The performance of the optimization models is compared with the methods used in practice and literature.

Keywords: Baggage handling system (BHS); Airport; Design; Optimization (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1016/j.tre.2016.07.012

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