A decision problem involving the introduction of RTOL aircraft into commercial air transportation systems

dc.contributor.authorSchmitt, Gary Allenen
dc.contributor.committeechairMiller, David M.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFrair, L. C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPopper, R. J.en
dc.contributor.departmentIndustrial Engineering and Operations Researchen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:41:07Zen
dc.date.adate2012-07-24en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:41:07Zen
dc.date.issued1976-06-05en
dc.date.rdate2012-07-24en
dc.date.sdate2012-07-24en
dc.description.abstractThis study is concerned with determining the feasibility of introducing a reduced takeoff and landing (RTOL) aircraft into the national aviation system. In considering this problem, a multiple criteria decision model based on the responses of airline executives was developed to describe the RTOL utilization problem. The exact problem that is considered in this thesis is, for a given set of itineraries, determine the itineraries for which aircraft (RTOL or CTOL, conventional takeoff and landing) are to be assigned such that the amount of fuel used, delay and noise levels are to be minimized. These assignments are subject to aircraft, airport, system and budgetary constraints. A decision-making procedure was formulated to solve the decision problem utilizing an interactive, multicriteria programming procedure. This procedure was developed to consider the use of 0-l decision variables. Two example problems are presented. The air transportation systems considered in the examples include (a) six airports in New York State and (b) five major airport hub areas in the north-eastern section of the United States.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentviii, 154 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-07242012-040025en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-07242012-040025/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/43883en
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1976.S353.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 39277624en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectaircraft takeoffen
dc.subjectaircraft landingen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1976.S353en
dc.titleA decision problem involving the introduction of RTOL aircraft into commercial air transportation systemsen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineIndustrial Engineering and Operations Researchen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

Files

Original bundle
Now showing 1 - 1 of 1
Loading...
Thumbnail Image
Name:
LD5655.V855_1976.S353.pdf
Size:
5.5 MB
Format:
Adobe Portable Document Format
Description:

Collections