Print Email Facebook Twitter Agent-Based Modelling of an Airport’s Ground Surface Movement Operation Title Agent-Based Modelling of an Airport’s Ground Surface Movement Operation: Understanding the principles and mechanisms of decentralised control Author Noortman, Timo (TU Delft Aerospace Engineering) Contributor Sharpanskykh, Alexei (mentor) Tielrooij, M. (mentor) Degree granting institution Delft University of Technology Programme Aerospace Engineering Date 2018-05-25 Abstract Decentralised air traffic control shifts decision making to a local level, allowing decentralised controllers to focus on solving local conflicts. Since decentralised controllers have accurate local information at their disposal, they can adapt quicker and more efficiently to changing conditions. Consequently, it is suggested that the dynamics of an airport’s ground operation are better managed when using decentralised control. To establish an understanding of the mechanisms of decentralised control, an agent-based simulation model is designed and applied to the actual ground operation at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol. By assessing the emergent behaviour of decentralised control to the actual ground operation managed by centralised control, insights are acquired in terms of the routing strategies, needs, and characteristics of decentralised control. Subject Agent-Based Modelling and SimulationAirport OperationsAircraft taxiingdecentralized controlSchipholAir Traffic ControlResiliencecomplex adaptive systems To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:96c4fc2f-8ed1-4be6-a5e7-9b19ba71954b Part of collection Student theses Document type master thesis Rights © 2018 Timo Noortman Files PDF Master_Thesis_TEH_Noortman.pdf 9.72 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:96c4fc2f-8ed1-4be6-a5e7-9b19ba71954b/datastream/OBJ/view