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On the binary formulation of air traffic flow management problems

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  • Sadeque Hamdan

    (University of Kent
    Université Paris-Saclay, CentraleSupélec)

  • Oualid Jouini

    (Université Paris-Saclay, CentraleSupélec)

  • Ali Cheaitou

    (University of Sharjah)

  • Zied Jemai

    (Université Paris-Saclay, CentraleSupélec
    University of Tunis Elmanar)

  • Tobias Andersson Granberg

    (Linköping University)

Abstract

We discuss a widely used air traffic flow management formulation. We show that this formulation can lead to a solution where air delays are assigned to flights during their take-off which is prohibited in practice. Although air delay is more expensive than ground delay, the model may assign air delay to a few flights during their take-off to save more on not having as much ground delay. We present a modified formulation and verify its functionality in avoiding incorrect solutions.

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  • Sadeque Hamdan & Oualid Jouini & Ali Cheaitou & Zied Jemai & Tobias Andersson Granberg, 2023. "On the binary formulation of air traffic flow management problems," Annals of Operations Research, Springer, vol. 321(1), pages 267-279, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:annopr:v:321:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1007_s10479-022-04740-1
    DOI: 10.1007/s10479-022-04740-1
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