Airport Management System and Sustainability

Dear Colleagues,

The handling of passengers and cargo at an airport has a very complex process structure. The architecture of the terminals must be adapted to handle very large volumes of passengers and cargo.

To ensure the reliable implementation of processes at the terminal, the cooperation of multiple operators is required, who carry out numerous parallel and interdependent processes.

Modern terminals should be characterized by an architecture that will allow to achieve the highest possible efficiency with minimum environmental impact. In particular, energy and noise reduction is mostly important.  Therefore, the current approach to terminal design processes design should be sustainability-oriented.

The efficiency of individual subsystems can be increased by investing in infrastructure but also by modern methods of system management. New technical equipment and new process management methods are highly desirable.

Nowadays, it is also particularly important to manage these systems in a disrupted state (e.g. taking into account primary and secondary delays of air operations, damage to technical equipment, human factors, or even epidemics or other external factors).

A special issue will be addressed to the design and management of sustainable airports. Particular emphasis will be placed on the analysis, models and management methods of selected airport subsystems. The methodology based on simulation models, artificial intelligence, machine learning and fuzzy logic theory is recommended. The presented work, including research on the airport management system, should include an application aspect.

Prof. Dr. Artur Kierzkowski
Dr. Tomasz Kisiel
Guest Editors

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