Airport management is frequently faced with a problem of assigning flights to available stands and parking positions in the most economical way that would comply with airline policies and suffer minimum changes due to any operational disruptions. This work presents a novel approach to the most common airport problem – efficient stand assignment. The described algorithm combines benefits of data-mining and metaheuristic approaches and generates qualitative solutions, aware of delay trends and airport performance perturbations. The presented work provides promising solutions from the starting moments of computation, in addition, it delivers to the airport stakeholders delay-aware stand assignment, and facilitates the estimation of risk and consequences of any operational disruptions on the slot adherence.
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The central thesis of this book is that access to information represents a vital aspect of contemporary society, encompassing participation, accountability, governance, transparency, the production of products, and the delivery of services. This view is widely shared, with commentators and scholars agreeing that access to information is a key factor in maintaining societal and economic stability. However, having access to information does not guarantee its accessibility. Assuming that information is (cognitively) interpretable is incorrect, as many practical examples illustrate. In the first chapter, this book offers insights into the challenge of access to information in a digitalized world. The concepts of access and accessibility are addressed, elucidating their meanings and delineating the ways in which they are influenced by the exponential growth of information. It examines how information technology introduces a novel access paradox. The second chapter examines the challenges to access to and accessibility of information in a digitalized, hybrid world where code may be law, where there is an inescapable loss of privacy, where doing business opens and restricts access, where literacy is a necessity to survive ‘digital divides,’ and where environmental concerns may have an adverse effect on high expectations. The third chapter presents a review of theoretical approaches to access and accessibility from seven different research perspectives: information access disparity, information seeking, information retrieval, information quality, information security, information management, and archives management. Six approaches to information access and accessibility are identified: [1] social, economic, and political participation; [2] ‘smart’ and evolving technology; [3] power and control; [4] sense-making; [5] knowledge representations, and [6] information survival. The fourth chapter addresses the bottlenecks and requirements for information access and accessibility, culminating in a checklist for organizations to assess these requirements within their own business processes. In the fifth chapter, some perspectives on artificial intelligence and the future of information access are presented. The sixth chapter represents an attempt to draw conclusions and to bring this book to a close.
Predictive models and decision support toolsallow information sharing, common situational awarenessand real-time collaborative decision-making betweenairports and ground transport stakeholders. To supportthis general goal, IMHOTEP has developed a set of modelsable to anticipate the evolution of an airport’s passengerflows within the day of operations. This is to assess theoperational impact of different management measures onthe airport processes and the ground transport system. Twomodels covering the passenger flows inside the terminal andof passengers accessing and egressing the airport have beenintegrated to provide a holistic view of the passengerjourney from door-to-gate and vice versa.This paper describes IMHOTEP’s application at two casestudy airports, Palma de Mallorca (PMI) and London City(LCY), at Proof of Concept (PoC-level) assessing impactand service improvements for passengers, airport operatorsand other key stakeholders.For the first time onemeasurable process is created to open up opportunities forbetter communication across all associated stakeholders.Ultimately the successful implementation will lead to areduction of the carbon footprint of the passenger journeyby better use of existing facilities and surface transportservices, and the delay or omission of additional airportfacility capacities.
Binnen City Deal Kennis Maken Utrecht (CDMKU) zetten Gemeente Utrecht, Hogeschool Utrecht en Universiteit Utrecht met het project Utrecht Challenge Alliantie Gezond Stedelijk Leven in op doorontwikkeling van challenges als onderwijskundig gevalideerde en duurzame onderwijsvorm. In een challenge wordt over grenzen heen samengewerkt om innovatief bij te dragen aan het oplossen van échte vraagstukken. Betrokkenen vanuit de Gemeente, Hogeschool en Universiteit constateren dat vanaf de start van CDKMU vanuit de Utrecht Challenge Alliantie veel initiatieven worden opgestart. Wat betrokkenen echter als probleem ervaren, is dat er op dit moment geen inzicht is in welke initiatieven er allemaal in Utrecht zijn. Op termijn willen betrokken partners de Utrechtse initiatieven systematisch kunnen monitoren en evalueren. Als eerste stap in het evalueren zien betrokkenen het verkrijgen van inzicht in Utrechtse initiatieven. Het doel van voorliggend onderzoek is derhalve: het verkrijgen van inzicht in Utrechtse initiatieven middels het ontwikkelen van een scan en prototype stadskaart waarmee rijke leeromgevingen gemonitord en geëvalueerd kunnen worden en de strategische samenwerking op maatschappelijke vraagstukken wordt versterkt. Via een ontwerpgerichte onderzoeksaanpak, waarbij partners worden betrokken via co-design, wordt een scan en stadskaart ontwikkeld. Met de scan, die voortbouwt op de praatplaat van de Utrecht Challenge Alliantie, kunnen de Utrechtse initiatieven eenduidig geanalyseerd en systematisch gekarakteriseerd worden. Vervolgens worden de Utrechtse initiatieven systematisch in kaart gebracht, hetgeen een prototype stadskaart oplevert, die ook in de toekomst te gebruiken is. Consortiumpartners van deze aanvraag zijn Hogeschool Utrecht en Gemeente Utrecht. De opbrengsten van het onderzoek zijn niet alleen voor consortiumpartners en CDKMU relevant. De centrale vraag voor betrokkenen bij initiatieven in den lande is hoe de initiatieven te verduurzamen en op te schalen. De opbrengsten van deze aanvraag helpen samenwerkingspartners breder zicht te krijgen op leeromgevingen en de doorwerking van leeromgevingen, zodat de strategische samenwerking hierop versterkt kan worden.
