• DocumentCode
    814113
  • Title

    An application of stochastic optimal control theory to the optimal rescheduling of airplanes

  • Author

    Ellis, R.S. ; Rishel, R.W.

  • Author_Institution
    Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA
  • Volume
    19
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    1974
  • fDate
    4/1/1974 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    139
  • Lastpage
    142
  • Abstract
    A model for the air traffic flow between two airports subject to random constraints on the takeoff and landing capacities is set up. For a simple case a dynamic programming algorithm is used to compute the optimal solutions explicitly.
  • Keywords
    Air-traffic control; Optimal stochastic control; Queuing analysis; Stochastic optimal control; Airplanes; Airports; Control systems; Distributed control; Distributed parameter systems; Optimal control; Plasma confinement; Processor scheduling; Stochastic processes; Stochastic systems;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Automatic Control, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9286
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TAC.1974.1100508
  • Filename
    1100508